Congratulations to Land O’ Lakes and Dean Foods for their new Grand Champion titles from the World Dairy Expo (WDE) Championship Dairy Product Contest. Land O’Lakes takes home the Cheese and Butter Grand Champion and Dean Foods was selected as the Grade A & Ice Cream Grand Champion

This year’s contest, sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Assn (WDPA), received a record number of 405 entries for cheese, butter, fluid milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream, sour cream, sherbet, buttermilk, sour cream dips, whipping cream, dried whey and creative/innovative products from throughout the United States.

Judging was held on August 26 at UW-Madison’s Babcock Hall and August 27-28 at the Madison Area Technical College (MATC) Culinary School. On September 30, the contest’s auction will be held at World Dairy Expo in Madison, at which time all category 1st place winners will be auctioned off. A portion of the proceeds from the September 30 contest auction will be used to fund the Dr. Robert Bradley Scholarship Fund. This scholarship will be awarded annually to a deserving student pursuing a career in the dairy industry. The auction will begin at 5:00 pm and will feature Doug Wilson, Cooperative Resources International, as the auctioneer.