Agropur celebrates success at 2025 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest

APPLETON, WI, MARCH 6, 2025 – Agropur is proud to announce that 10 of its high-quality cheeses earned medals in their respective categories at the 2025 United States Championship Cheese Contest, held March 4-6, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 

“We are incredibly proud of our dedicated cheesemakers and their successes in this year’s contest,” said Jean-Phillipe Asselin, President, Cheese, US. “Their achievements highlight the commitment and skill they put into our high-quality cheeses and meeting the needs of our customers every day.”  

Agropur’s team in Lake Norden, S.D. won three medals, including best-in-class awards for mozzarella and part-skim mozzarella. Our Jerome, Idaho plant also won best in class in the reduced-sodium cheese category. Our winning cheeses are as follows:  

Class 5 – Cheddar, Aged 2+ years: Agropur – Weyauwega (third place) 

Class 14 – Mozzarella: Agropur – Lake Norden (first place) 

Class 15 – Mozzarella, Part Skim: Agropur – Lake Norden (first place) 

Class 18 – Provolone, Mild: Agropur – Lake Norden (second place) 

Class 20 – Provolone, Smoked: Agropur – Luxemburg (second and third place) 

Class 27 – Feta: Agropur – Weyauwega (second place) 

Class 66 – Reduced Sodium Cheeses: Agropur – Jerome (first place) 

Class 66 – Reduced Sodium Cheeses: Agropur – Luxemburg (second and third place) 

About Agropur  

Agropur is the largest dairy cooperative in Canada and one of the leading suppliers of dairy products in the retail, food service, and industrial sectors in North America. Founded in 1938, the Cooperative is a source of pride for its nearly 2,700 members based in Quebec, Ontario, and the Atlantic provinces, and its 7,000 employees. Operating 29 plants in Canada and the United States, Agropur generated revenues of $8.8 billion CAD in 2024 and processed more than 6.8 billion liters of milk. The Cooperative’s members and employees work every day to achieve a shared vision, “Better Dairy. Better World.”, aimed at developing their communities economically and socially while respecting the environment and animal welfare.  

For more information: agropur.com/en  

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Information and interview requests:  

Guillaume Bérubé  

Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications  

Agropur  

(438) 506-5948 | [email protected]