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Nation's best cheesemakers out to prove it in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� The number of cheeses, yogurts and butters competing at this year's U.S. Championship Cheese Contest is at an all-time high.The contest organizer, Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, says that's because cheesemakers are seeing what a win does for sales.Wisconsin cheesemaker Emmi Roth USA won last year's world championships with their Grand Cru Surchoix (sur-SHWAH'), and since then they've seen sales of that cheese increase by 20 percent.