And some cheese producers have made their own improvements.
But now California is even vying to replace Wisconsin as the No. 1 cheese producer.
California is the nation's largest dairy state and its second-largest cheese producer; some expect it to take the lead from Wisconsin by 2005.
While previously home to a number of cheese producers, only one large company remains in Heuvelton.
It also has lent its name to a cheese producer, and a census-gathering district, which recorded 1,284 people in 2006.
Sheep and goats were cheese producers, and were prized for their hides.
Wisconsin continues to be the largest cheese producer in the United States, making over 600 different cheese varieties.
It expanded rapidly, buying numerous dairies, ice cream manufacturers, cheese producers, and mincemeat processors.
The cheese is prepared with full cream, pasteurized ewe's milk, often by farm-based cheese producers.
He was a cheese producer and served as director of the Ontario Dairy Producers Council.