Hebron, ND's Lapp's Bakery Closes Its Doors

Kuchen lovers across at least five states may have to find their fix from a different supplier since Lapp’s Bakery of Hebron closed Thursday.

Higher Prices Help Cal-Maine Foods Increase Profit Despite Higher Feed Costs

Sales at the nation’s largest producer of fresh eggs rose to $290.4 million in the quarter, up 24 percent from $234.5 million from a year ago.

Miller's Cheese Corp. Voluntarily Recalls Shredded Cheese Products

January 2, 2012 Miller’s Cheese Corp.

For the first time in our 110-year history, a voluntary recall by the State of Wisconsin involves a packaging facility that handles only the shredding and packaging (not the actual cheese production) of some limited shredded Miller’s products. Although the test results for all of the Miller’s shredded cheese distributed in the market place tested negative for Listeria monocytogenes, the State of Wisconsin has requested a voluntary recall of all the products that were shredded in that plant from the time the listeria was found in another brand of cheese also packed in this plant.

Wisconsin Firm Recalls Cheese Over Possible Health Risk

A Wisconsin company says it is voluntarily recalling some cheese because of possible listeria contamination. Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion of Monroe announced the recall Sunday.

Where Some Of The Best Cheese Is Made On The West Coast

Soft, stinky, blue, raw and fresh. No, not oysters; rather, different types of cheese. With evidence of production dating to 2000 B.C. in Egypt, cheese was likely invented by accident when milk was transported across the scorching desert in the cleaned-out stomach of an animal (an ancient milk jug). Milk + Heat + Acid = Cheese. While it can be made from yak milk in Iceland, or moose milk in Sweden, local turophiles should be thrilled that some of the world's best cheese can be found right here on the West Coast.