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 Important 2010 Contest Dates
August 2 Contest entry forms and fees are due
August 9-12
Shipment dates:  Cheese, butter, fluid milk, buttermilk, whipping cream, cottage cheese, yogurt and sour cream entries must be shipped to the High Track .  Ice cream, dried whey and Creative/Innovative Technology entries must be shipped to Babcock Hall.
August 17 Judging day for ice cream, sherbet, dried whey categories and Creative/Innovative Technology products - Babcock Hall, UW Madison campus
August 18 Judging day for cheese and butter - Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
August 19 Judging day for yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, fluid milk, buttermilk, dairy based dips and whipping cream - Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
September 28 AUCTION - World Dairy Expo
   
   

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2009 CALL FOR JUDGES PRESS RELEASE

2009  CONTEST  JUDGES

Head Judge:  Marianne Smukowski, WI Center for Dairy Research
Assistant Head Judge:  Dr. Robert Bradley, UW Madison Food Science
CHEESE
Gianni Toffolon, BelGioioso Cheese

Noreen Ratzlaff, USDA

Kate Neumeier Clarke, WI Aging & Grading Cheese

Ken Neumeier, WI Aging & Grading Cheese

Bill Novak, Novak's Cheese

Harvey Jensen, Curd Tek

Paula Piontek, Palmero's Pizza

Jeff Mattes

 BUTTER
John Simpson, USDA

Mike Pederson, DATCP 

 

ICE CREAM & SHERBET
Scott Rankin, UW Madison 

Tom Kelman, Consultant       

        

YOGURT
Gary Pieper, Chr. Hansen

Lloyd Ward, Country Fresh

 
COTTAGE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM, DAIRY BASED DIPS
 Don Tribby, Danisco

Herb Wyckoff, Crest Foods

 

 FLUID MILK, CULTURED BUTTERMILK, WHIPPING CREAM
Charles White, Randolph Associates

Jane Zeien, Consultant

Tonya Birkrem, Dean Foods

Bob Bradley, UW Madison                       

DRIED WHEY PRODUCTS
Terry Lensmire, Trega Foods

Michelle Ludtke, Grande Cheese

 CREATIVE & INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Marianne Smukowski, WI Center for Dairy Research

Bob Bradley, UW Madison Food Science

 

2009 Winning Auction Bidders
 

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