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Prairie Farms Dairy and Fruitcrown Products Corp. had the winning entries in IDFA’s Innovative Milk and Cultured Dairy Products contest.

The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association has issued a call for judges for its championship dairy product contest.

Emmi Roth USA, Monroe, Wis., was selected as the Cheese and Butter Grand Champion, Westby Cooperative Creamery, Westby, Wis., was selected as the Grade A Grand Champion and Gifford’s Dairy, Skowhegan, Maine, was the Ice Cream Grand Champion of the World Dairy Expo (WDE) Championship Dairy Product Contest.  

Tarentaise Reserve from Farms for City Kids Foundation in Vermont was named “Best of Show” in the 2014 American Cheese Society competition. Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company from California was awarded second place overall.

The Specialty Food Association presented its sofi awards yesterday at a red-carpet ceremony in New York hosted by internationally acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson. There was a tie for the best new product. The winners are Artisan Biscuits Ltd.'s The Fine Cheese Co. Pearls of Pure Goats' Cheese and  Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.'s Point Reyes Bay Blue.