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Photos: Mullins Cheese plant

Asiago cheese curds are rotated to ensure the correct amount of salt is coated at Mullins Cheese in Mosinee, Wis. The company, which says it's the largest family-owned and operated cheese factory in Wisconsin, has tossed a lifeline to eight dairy farms that were at risk of closing from a trade dispute with Canada, signing contracts to buy milk from the farms.
Asiago cheese curds are rotated to ensure the correct amount of salt is coated at Mullins Cheese in Mosinee, Wis. The company, which says it's the largest family-owned and operated cheese factory in Wisconsin, has tossed a lifeline to eight dairy farms that were at risk of closing from a trade dispute with Canada, signing contracts to buy milk from the farms.
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Mullins Cheese processes 7.2 million pounds of milk a day — that's roughly 837,000 gallons.
Mullins Cheese processes 7.2 million pounds of milk a day — that's roughly 837,000 gallons.
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Austin Lokken makes adjustments to a spinning machine at Mullins Cheese.
Austin Lokken makes adjustments to a spinning machine at Mullins Cheese.
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Bill Mullins, owner of Mullins Cheese, turns on the lights inside a container where milk is turned into cheese.
Bill Mullins, owner of Mullins Cheese, turns on the lights inside a container where milk is turned into cheese.
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Austin Lokken (right) makes adjustments to a spinning machine at Mullins Cheese.
Austin Lokken (right) makes adjustments to a spinning machine at Mullins Cheese.
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Milk is processed and heated until it becomes cheese.
Milk is processed and heated until it becomes cheese.
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Blocks of Asiago cheese curds are sent on a conveyor belt to be packaged.
Blocks of Asiago cheese curds are sent on a conveyor belt to be packaged.
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