Lamers Dairy earns top honors at World Dairy Expo, Wisconsin State Fair

Lamers Dairy at the 2026 World Dairy Expo Awards. (Photo courtesy of Lamers Dairy)

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Northeast Wisconsin dairy won high honors at the World Dairy Expo Championship and the Wisconsin State Fair.

Lamers Dairy in Appleton received two first place awards and one second place award at the 2026 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest.

The annual competition evaluates all dairy products, including cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream, gelato, cottage cheese, fluid milk, whipping cream, sour cream, and whey. This year’s contest brought in 1,236 dairy product entries from 157 companies.

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Lamers Dairy won first place in the following categories:

• Class 302 – Whole Chocolate Milk Category
• Class 303 – Lowfat Chocolate Milk (1%) Category

And won second place in the following category:

• Class 314 – Half and Half (Unflavored) Category

“These awards mean a lot to all who are involved at Lamers Dairy – from our team here at the dairy to our local, hard-working farm families, we are grateful to be recognized for the work we do to share high-quality dairy products with our friends and neighbors,” said Mark Lamers, President of Lamers Dairy. “Since 1913, we’ve been blessed to continue providing dairy products that our customers can feel good about sharing with their families.”

In addition, Lamers Dairy was also recognized at this year’s 2026 Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest.

Dairy manufacturers from Wisconsin submitted over 500 entries for the 2026 Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest, with contest evaluation happening in June 2026 and awards distributed at the Wisconsin State Fair in August 2026. The annual contest featured over 50 classes for cheese, sour cream, butter, yogurt, milk and custard.

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Lamers Dairy won:

• Whole Fluid Milk – White Category: 1st Place – Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best Whole White Milk (with a score of 99.8 out of 100).
• 1% Fluid Milk – Chocolate Category: 1st Place – Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best 1% Lowfat Chocolate Milk (with a score of 98.4 out of 100).
• 2% White Fluid Milk Category: 2nd Place – Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best 2% Reduced Fat White Milk (scoring 99.7 for second place with first place scoring 99.8 out of 100).
• Whole Fluid Milk – Chocolate Category: 3rd Place – Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best Whole Chocolate Milk (with a score of 99.45 out of 100).