The Class of 2024 included just the third female master in the program’s history.

The show’s event beat the previous record by more than $80,000.

Strategies, ideas, technology and industry experts all are part of the event.

The program supports creating value-added products, enhancing dairy byproducts and export programs.

World Championship Cheese Contest judges include cheese graders, cheese buyers, dairy science professors and researchers from 19 countries.

A new grants program is supporting six research projects at the University of Wisconsin.

The event features dairy processing experts, research, trends, education, suppliers and more.

The bulk of the grants will benefit small- to medium-sized dairy farmers and processors.

Dairy specific topics that will be covered include root cause analysis and quality tools.

Many factors have contributed to the recent growth of US dairy exports.