Olga Hernandez, seen here in 2012, hangs a 6-pound link of Gouda cheese, part of a batch destined for the smoker, at Dairyfood USA in Blue Mounds. The company, the largest producer of smoked Gouda in the country, has been purchased by Borgman Capital of Milwaukee, which plans to merge the company with Gilman Cheese.
Cheeses and judges from across the world returned to Monona Terrace for the biennial World Championship Cheese Contest on Tuesday, with nearly 3,000 entires in an event that was closed to the public due to the pandemic.
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Sonoma Jacks cheese packaging at Dairyfood USA in Blue Mounds.
Dairyfood USA, along Highway 18-151 in Blue Mounds, has a long history of processing cheese and traces its roots to 1953.
Photos: World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace
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Larry Bell, with LBell Consulting from Green Bay, judges mozzarella during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Greg Kinate, with Winona Foods from Little Suamico, left, and Luis Jiménez-Maroto, with Center for Dairy Research from Mexico, judge cheese curds during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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(From left) Franco Sessa, with Whitestone Cheese from Auckland, New Zealand, and Terry Lensmire, with Lensmire Dairy Consulting from Manitowoc, judge string cheese during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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A sample of rindless Swiss is taken for judging during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace.
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Thierry Martin, of Canada, and Alieen Kacvinsky, of Madison, at right, judge swiss cheese during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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John Jaeggi, of Brooklyn, Wisconsin, left, and Roland Sahli, of Switzerland, judge rindless swiss during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Judging is underway during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Judging is underway during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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David Wentz, with Sargento Food Inc. from Plymouth, left, and Don Tribby, with International Flavors and Fragrances from Springfield, Missouri, judge medium cheddar during the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
