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umdia: The Upper midwest dairy industry association
Butter & Cheese
Contests
Four butter contests
and four cheese contests are
coordinated by UMDIA each
year:
Fall Contest;
Spring Contest;
June Educational Contest;
Minnesota
State Fair Contest.
You may choose to enter one, some or all of the contests,
please see below for Online Contest information. You may choose to enter
one, some or all of the contests.
Deadlines: On-Line Contest Application Forms & Other
Information
Click here
for Butter Contest Letter Click here for Cheese
Contest Cards Spring 2013 Contest Results
are in!
Spring Contest Deadline: March 1, 2013
June
Contest Deadline: May 31, 2013
State Fair Contest Deadline: July 12, 2013
Click here for Butter Scoring
Click here for
Butter Contest Cards
Click here for
Cheese Contest Letter
Click here for
Contest Mailing Labels
For full results, click
here.
Fall 2012
Contest Results
Another terrific contest with many outstanding
products. Congratulations to all of our entrants and in particular to our top
entries in each category. (Print as a pdf)
BUTTER
1st Place - Matt Stets, Land O'Lakes,
Carlisle, PA, Score 99.33
40# CHEDDAR BLOCK CHEESE
1st Place - Dale
Schmidt, Land O'Lakes, Inc. -Kiel, WI , Score 98.33
BARREL
CHEESE
1st Place - Roger Schroeder, LeSueur Cheese, LeSueur, MN,
Score 98.83
MISCELLANEOUS CHEESE
1st Place - Team Lake Norden, Lake
Norden, SD, Smoked Provolone Score 98.83
ARTISAN
CHEESE
1st Place - Production Team Stickney Hill Dairy, Kimball MN, Pumpkin
Spice Chevre, Score 98.83
2012 CHAMPIONSHIP Butter & Cheese Contest Results , click here for full placings
Butter - Zac Scattergood, Land O'Lakes, Carlisle PA, Score 97.85
Cheddar
Cheese Block - Dale Schmidt, Land O'Lakes, Kiel WI, Score 98.27
Cheddar
Cheese Barrel - Jeff Payne, Bongards' Creamery, Perham MN, Score
98.25
Miscellaneous Cheese - Nick Williamette, Caves of Faribault, Faribault
MN, Score 98.50
Artisan Cheese - Kathy Ratka, Stickney Hill Dairy, Kimball
MN, Score 98.31
2012 State Fair Butter & Cheese Contest Results , click here for full placings
2012 June Educational Butter & Cheese Contest Results , click here for full placings
2012 Spring Butter & Cheese Contest Results , click here for full placings
2011 Championship Results:
For full championship results in each category,
click here
For photos of the award winners, click
here
For the
individual butter & cheese contest results,
click here
(username & password
required)
2011 State Fair Results (click here for full results)
2010 Championship Butter & Cheese Results, click here
2010 Minnesota State Fair Contest Results, click here
2010 June Educational Butter & Cheese Contest Results, click here
2010 Spring Butter & Cheese Contest Results, click here
Background Information
Four contests are organized by UMDIA are offered each year to provide an opportunity for friendly
competition and to promote the craft of making quality cheese and butter. These
contests are open to any Butter or Cheesemaker who would like to enter.
Competitors do not need to be UMDIA members nor is it necessary to reside in
Minnesota.
The four contests organized by UMDIA are used to determine
the Annual Champion Buttermaker and Cheesemaker. The first contest in the
cycle is the Fall Contest, held in November, the second is the Spring Contest,
which was held in early March. The June Educational Contest, sponsored by the
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. The Minnesota State Fair Contest, sponsored
by the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, is held in July. To be awarded the
title of Champion, an individual must enter all four contests and have the
highest average score among all of the competitors who have entered all of the
contests. The awarded is given out at the UMDIA annual conference in September
of each year.
If you have questions about the contest you may contact Contest Superintendent Lisa Ramacher at e-mail lisa.ramacher@state.mn.us . If you require entry materials please contact Doris Mold, UMDIA General Manager, e-mail: manager@umndia.org.