Dairy Goodness Wins State Fair Award

DES MOINES, IA (08/19/2019) (readMedia)-- The best Iowa made dairy products were honored in the Iowa Quality Dairy Products competition, judged prior to the start of the 2019 Iowa State Fair. Simple Life Farm of Winterset received Best of Show honors.

Complete results follow:

Butter

1) Tie - Kalona Creamery, Kalona

1) Tie - Kalona Creamery, Kalona

2) Kalona Super Natural, Kalona

3) Better Butter Bureau, Des Moines

Cultured Dairy Products

1) Kalona Super Natural, Kalona

2) Tie - Kalona Super Natural, Kalona

2) Tie - Prairie Farms, Monona

3) Grazing Goat Dairy, LLC, Waucoma

Goat and Sheep Cheese

1) Simple Life Farm, Winterset

2) Simple Life Farm, Winterset

3) Simple Life Farm, Winterset

Cow Milk Cheese

1) Prairie Farms, Monona

2) Cinnamon Ridge Farms, Donahue

3) Prairie Farms, Monona

Curds

1) Frisian Farms Cheese, Leighton

2) Tie - Frisian Farms Cheese, Leighton

2) Tie - WW Homestead Dairy, LLC, Waukon

3) WW Homestead Dairy, LLC, Waukon

All exhibitor entries were products of the exhibitor's apiary unless otherwise specified. Entries will be on display throughout the Fair from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the John Deere Agriculture Building sponsored by Alliant Energy.

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The Iowa State Fair is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country and the single largest event in the state. The Fair began over 160 years ago and is now considered one of the best events in the nation, attracting more than one million Fairgoers every year from all over the world. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University, just off the interstate and minutes from Downtown Des Moines. Nothing Compares to State Fair Favorites: August 8-18, 2019. For more information, visit www.iowastatefair.org.