State's cheese title safe for now | Wisconsin State Journal

"Cheeseheads don't need to be bleu: Experts say predictions that California will soon overtake Wisconsin as the nation 's top cheese producer are unlikely to come true.

The Golden State and its happy cows gained quickly on Wisconsin in the past decade, but plants in California are maxing out while efforts to boost production in Wisconsin are paying off, said Dick Groves, longtime owner of the Madison-based trade publication, Cheese Reporter.

Groves helped spark the friendly competition between the states 10 years ago with an editorial predicting California would overtake Wisconsin in cheese production by 2005. He later amended it to 2010 and then, last month, to 'not anytime soon. '

New numbers showing a growing gap between Wisconsin and California prompted Groves to abandon his earlier prediction." Click the title to read more...