Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Makes Cheese Lover’s Dreams Come True

MADISON, WI, August 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin makes un-brie-lievable history by creating the World's Largest Cheeseboard, officially setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title. The show stopper took over an entire street in downtown Madison, displaying over two tons of Wisconsin’s finest cheeses from across the state, topping the previous European record holder by over 1,000 pounds!

Spanning 35 feet long and 7 feet wide, the custom board was officially adorned with 4,437 pounds and 145 different varieties, types and styles of Wisconsin’s unique specialty and artisan cheeses- including national and i...

MADISON, Wis., Oct, 19, 2017 -- Wisconsin cheesemakers sent 30,000 pounds of Wisconsin Cheese to Florida for those affected by Hurricane Irma. The statewide effort was coordinated by Wisconsin cheesemakers, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB), Independent Procurement Alliance Program (IPAP) and Wisconsin dairy farmers.

"It is an honor to deliver the generous donation from Wisconsin cheesemakers to those who need it in Florida," said Scott Eithun, President of IPAP. "We saw an outpouring of support and gratitude from Texans when Wisconsin sent a cheese donation after Hurricane Harvey. We were devastated by the news Floridians were in the same situation shortly afterwards, so Wisconsinites c...

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The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) funded by the Dairy Farm Families of Wisconsin, coordinated a state-wide effort with Wisconsin cheesemakers to send almost 20,000 pounds of cheese to Houston to provide nutritious food for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
"We are deeply saddened by the devastation facing Texas residents in the wake of Hurricane Harvey," says Suzanne Fanning, WMMB VP of Marketing Communications. "Our Wisconsin cheesemakers and dairy farmers are inherently focused on helping others so we offered them a way to get involved. Their response to our call for donations was overwhelming – we were initially hoping to send 200 pounds of cheese, but t...

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Winona Foods, INC. new facility groundbreaking ceremony took place on Tuesday in Howard WI. The company is building a new cheese manufacturing plant that will bring 120 jobs to the Village of Howard. The 187,000 square foot site is scheduled to be complete and operational by December of 2017. Governor Scott Walker joined Winona Foods employees for the ceremony.

“We are proud to be recognized as America’s Dairyland thanks to our strong agricultural tradition,” Governor Walker said. “To succeed in the 20th-century economy, we’ve developed a strong infrastructure of service, equipment, knowledge, and technology to ensure we remain America’s top dairy producer...