The 50th annual sculpture pays tribute to New York’s hard-working dairy farmers.

National Dairy Month honors the farmers, artisans and food lovers devoted to dairy from coast to coast with murals, podcasts, on-farm events and more.

Fourteen colleges participated in this year’s contest, held during the International Cheese Technology Expo in Milwaukee.

The contest, known as the ‘Mini National,’ will allow college students to show off their sensory skills.

Two Families will win vacations to Silver Dollar City.

But U.S. cheesemakers dominated the competition, earning gold medals in 87 of the 121 contest classes.

Actor Michael J. Fox, quarterback Aaron Rodgers are among the scheduled speakers.

A growing number of Americans seem to be convinced that some things are just better with butter. According to data from the USDA, per-capita consumption of butter reached 5.7 pounds in 2016 — up a 1.4 pounds since 1996 and a full pound since 2006.

Finlandia Imported Butter, Parsippany, N.J., launched a spreadable butter with canola oil and a 25% reduced-fat spreadable butter with canola oil.