cheese factories
Where wheels age
Cheese factories are facilities where cheese is manufactured on an industrial or commercial scale.
The term distinguishes large-scale production from artisanal cheesemaking on farms or in small dairies.
The region's cheese factories process millions of gallons of milk annually.
- vatsLarge holding tanks
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- raw milkUnheated, unhomogenized dairy liquid
- rennetMilk-curdling enzyme complex
- cheddarFirm aged English cheese
aging · cellars · cultures · pasteurization · rind · separators · wheels · aged gouda · salt · caves · parmesan · curds · brine · coagulation · whey · press · conveyor belts · churns
- Dairy Farmdairy farms, milking parlors, Holstein cows, Jersey cows, milking machines
- Rural Americafarm, barns, heartland, countryside, Midwest
- Midwest Economycorn farming, wheat farming, grain elevators, farm equipment, John Deere
- Wisconsin dairyColby, Muenster, cheddar, aged cheddar, mild cheddar
- Driftless Regionlimestone bluffs, bluffs, river valleys, trout streams, Sparta
- Queretaro
production stage
cheese factoriesdairy farms
Livestock operations producing milk
milking parlors · cattle ranches · goat farms · sheep farms · grazing lands