New Wood River Creamery Flavor

By Rhonda Negard | June 16, 2020
Wood River Creamery cheese and seed bread rest on a marble cutting board

Wood River Creamery Fenugreek – our newest flavor in our Cheddar Gruyere cheese! Have you tried our unique Cheddar Gruyere cheese made with natural fenugreek seeds? The seeds offer an added nuttiness and maple syrup flavor to an already great cheese. We like to pair it with Moscato or nut brown ale for superbly delicious…

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World Champion Cheese Contest

By Rhonda Negard | May 18, 2020
Jill-Syverson is the World Champion in the Cheese Contest of 2020-2; Jill is pictured holding her winning packaged cheese and award placard.

Burnett Dairy Cooperative’s Smoked String Cheese earned second place in the flavored string cheese category at the 2020 World Champion Cheese Contest held in Madison, Wisconsin on March 5th. The Smoked String Cheese was crafted by Burnett Dairy’s cheesemaker Jill Syverson, and, out of a maximum of 100 points, it received a score of 99.20.…

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A Donation of Cheese

By Rhonda Negard | April 16, 2020
Two men stand in the back of an open refrigerated trailer of cheeses

Burnett Dairy Donates Cheese to Area School Districts By WCMP Radio Keeping business as usual during a pandemic is no small feat for anyone, including local dairy producers. The demand for milk is down, and closures have forced some dairy plants to dump excess milk. Local cooperative Burnett Dairy, based out of Grantsburg Wisconsin, is…

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