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By: Valerie Tobias | Marketing Coordinator, Dairy Connection Inc.The biennial World Championship Cheese Contest takes place in here in Madison, Wis. the first week of March of every even-numbered year. Several members of the Dairy Connection staff took part in the event this year, serving on the contest’s volunteer “B-Team” — an army of cheese lovers whose job is to carefully organize, sort, and serve up thousands of dairy products to the dozens of world-renowned judges tasked with identifying t …

By: Katie Phillips | Compliance & Operations Manager, Dairy Connection Inc. Editor’s Note: This post brought to you by Dairy Connection Operations Manager Katie Phillips, who — in addition to holding a key leadership position with our company — is also mother of a busy trio that includes one four-year-old and two-year-old twins. Organization and time management are two virtues that are not second nature to everyone. At least, they definitely aren’t for me. It’s a constant battle becau …

By: Dave Potter | Technical Specialist & President, Dairy Connection Inc.What is phage?You may have heard of the term “phage” in either cheese making books or from discussion with other friends and acquaintances in the cheese business. But what exactly is phage, and where does it come from?The commonly abbreviated “phage” is short for bacteriophage, which is a virus that infects bacteria and can kill them. The bacteriophage virus is about 1/1000 the size of bacteria. Viruses are a part of na …

By: Emily Harbison with contribution by Bill Rufenacht | Technical Specialists, Dairy Connection Inc. Here at Dairy Connection, we feel fortunate to have built strong relationships with many hundreds of creameries across America over the last 20+ years. Every day during this crisis, members of our team connect with clients managing the myriad complexities and uncertainties arising from this extraordinary situation. Our goals at this time include ensuring that our clients have the ingredient …