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  2. History of cheesemaking in Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Early cheesemaking operations began on farmsteads in the Michigan and Wisconsin territories, with large-scale production starting in the mid-1800s. Wisconsin became the largest producer of cheese in the United States in the early 1900s, and in 2019 produced over 3.36 billion pounds of cheese in more than 600 varieties, accounting for 27% of all ...

  3. National Cheese Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The National Cheese Exchange (NCE) was a private non-profit corporation that operated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Every Friday morning for one-half hour, members of the NCE met to buy or sell cheddar cheese in 40-pound (18 kg) blocks and 500-pound (230 kg) barrels on the exchange. The closing prices were published and widely circulated throughout ...

  4. Wisconsin cheese - Wikipedia

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    A century later, Wisconsin was home to more than 1,500 cheese factories, which produced more than 500 million pounds of cheese per year. [1] Wisconsin has long been identified with cheese; in the words of a 2006 New York Times article, "Cheese is the state’s history, its pride, its self-deprecating, sometimes goofy, cheesehead approach to ...

  5. Wisconsin dairy industry - Wikipedia

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    Dairying in Wisconsin includes the harvesting and processing of animal milk, usually from cows, and the processing into cheese, butter, or other dairy products. Dairy became an important industry in the late-19th century, following the invention of the refrigerated rail car. By 1915, Wisconsin had become the leading state for dairy production ...

  6. Plymouth, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Plymouth, Wisconsin has a long history in the cheese industry. Once the site of the National Cheese Exchange where cheese commodity prices were set, it now claims the mantle "Cheese Capital of the World" and is home to four major cheese processing facilities: Sargento; Masters Gallery; Sartori; Great Lakes Cheese

  7. Leo Frigo - Wikipedia

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    Life. Frigo was born on July 3, 1931, to Pasquale Frigo and Camilla née Rocheleau Frigo in Pound, Wisconsin. [1] His father established the Frigo Brothers cheese company of Iron Mountain together with his four brothers in 1939. [2] Leo Frigo eventually became director of the company's Lena plant, the Frigo Cheese Corporation, [3] and then its ...

  8. Brick cheese - Wikipedia

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    Brick cheese is a cheese originating in Wisconsin, United States, [1] made in brick-shaped form due to (originally) using actual bricks to form the shape. [2] The color ranges from pale yellow to white with an orange rind. When unaged, this cheese has a sweet, mild flavor and is suitable for melting; after aging it has a stronger smell and a ...

  9. Cooksville Cheese Factory - Wikipedia

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    The Cooksville Cheese Factory in Evansville is a remnant of Wisconsin's early dairy industry. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] [2] In 1875 Benjamin Hoxie started a business in Cooksville to buy milk from local farmers and make cheese. The enterprise was an agricultural cooperative, with the patrons (farmers ...

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