Years of food and product manufacturing expertise to assist you.
The Center for Dairy Research (CDR) offers you the expertise of more than 30 researchers with over 300 years of combined experience in food and dairy manufacturing. Supported by dairy farmer checkoff dollars, CDR is world leading in product development, contract research, troubleshooting for product and process manufacturing, and training services. We're your Doctor on Call for the dairy industry.
The Center for Dairy Research is well known for its science-based short courses and training programs. We proudly carry on the century-old University of Wisconsin tradition of dairy foods education, offering more than 19 public short courses and dozens of customized training programs for cheese, dairy proteins, cultured products, butter, cheese grading, processing, beverages, sensory and more. Call us to discuss your training needs.
SEE ALL SHORT COURSESCDR Industry Team (CIT) membership provides you early access to our latest dairy research through the CDR Research Forum, preferential scheduling for pilot plant trials and staff assistance, greater access to resource materials, and more. CIT members meet twice a year with CDR staff to hear updates about new programming and resources that CIT members can access at CDR. Membership is composed of organizations from most sectors of the dairy industry, so it also offers great networking opportunities.
JOIN THE CDR INDUSTRY TEAMThe Dairy Pipeline is our quarterly technical newsletter with information about CDR news, our latest research, solutions to common defects or manufacturing concerns. Sign up to receive this free resource.
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CDR @WICD • 5 days agoCDR helped judge at the @wistatefair Dairy Products Contest. Staff members include: Dean Sommer, Mark Johnson, and John Jaeggi. Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker Terry Lensmire is pictured with Mark Johnson. 🧀 https://t.co/u1Szzfwu0K
CDR @WICD • 5 days agoA new issue of the 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 is out! 🔸Environmental Conditions for Aging Surface-Ripened Cheeses 🔸Bringing an Alpine-Style Cheese to Wisconsin 🔸Troubleshooting Spores in Milk Powders 🔸DBIA Awards Grants Read it here (PDF): https://t.co/krfY44IOAy https://t.co/U14gKKMqFw
