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 Important 2009 Contest Dates
August 7 Contest entry forms and fees are due
August 17-20
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 25 Judging day for ice cream, sherbet, dried whey categories and Creative/Innovative Technology products - Babcock Hall, UW Madison campus
August 26 Judging day for cheese and butter - Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
August 27 Judging day for yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, fluid milk, buttermilk, dairy based dips and whipping cream - Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
September 29 AUCTION - World Dairy Expo
   
   

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2009 CALL FOR JUDGES PRESS RELEASE

2008  CONTEST  JUDGES

Head Judge:  Marianne Smukowski, WI Center for Dairy Research
Assistant Head Judge:  Dr. Robert Bradley, UW Madison Food Science
CHEESE
Bob Wills, Cedar Grove

Kory Hyvonen, Oshkosh Cold Storage Cheese                          

Terry Lensmire, Trega Foods

Jim Mueller, DCI Cheese

Steve Kapellen, Sargento

Mark Johnson, CDR

Kurt Heitmann, Saputo Cheese

Gianni Toffolon, BelGioioso Cheese

Dan Saeger, USDA

 BUTTER
Noreen Ratzlaff, USDA

Timon Zander, Culver’s

 

ICE CREAM & SHERBET
Eric Thomsen, Schoep’s Ice Cream

Tom Kelman, Consultant       

        

YOGURT, DAIRY BASED DIPS,
WHIPPING CREAM
Doug Allen, Census

Don Tribby, Danisco

 
COTTAGE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM,
Jim Schwarz, Vivolac

Doug Vargo, Danisco 

 

 FLUID MILK, CULTURED BUTTERMILK,
Tom Gruetzmacher, Land O’Lakes

Tom Keel, DATCP                         

DRIED WHEY PRODUCTS
KJ Burrington, UW Center for Dairy Research

Michelle Ludtke, Grande Cheese

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

Bob Bradley, UW Madison Food Science

 

2008 Winning Auction Bidders

2008 Grand Champions

 Cheese & Butter Grand Champion

L-R:  Brad Legreid, WDPA; Jeff Giffin, Masters Gallery Foods; Dale Schmidt, Land O' Lakes, Cheese & Butter Grand Champion; Tony Anderson, WDPA Contest Committee Chairman, Swiss Valley Farms

 

Grade A & Ice Cream Grand Champion

L-R:  Brad Legreid, WDPA; Jim Dudlicek, Dairy Foods; Shawn Condon, Dean Foods; Helen Piotter, Dean Foods, Grade A & Ice Cream Grand Champion, Tony Anderson, WDPA Contest Committee Chairman, Swiss Valley Farms

 

 

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