The Dairy Business Innovation Center

The Dairy Business Innovation Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to growing specialty, farmstead and artisan dairy processing businesses. Our team consists of 20 world-class dairy consultants led by a stakeholder board.

The DBIC provides an array of technical services, including:

Business Planning
Product Development
Facility Assessment
Packaging & Label Development
Marketplace Penetration

Since its launch in 2004, the DBIC and its partners have assisted more than 200 dairy entrepreneurs with a variety of technical services, coordinated more than 120 projects to increase market share for Wisconsin dairy products and successfully assisted with 7 relocation ventures. This work has resulted in 43 new dairy processing plants to open in Wisconsin, and another 92 to expand operations in the past seven years.

 

NEW! DBIC Offers Five $1,000 Cheesemaker Scholarships

To help continue the growth of artisan, farmstead and specialty cheese in Wisconsin, the Dairy Business Innovation Center is offering five $1,000 scholarships to help beginning cheesemakers earn their Wisconsin Cheesemaker’s License. Applications are due June 15.

Applicants must be residents of the State of Wisconsin, and must demonstrate the ambition needed to obtain a Wisconsin Cheesemaker License, a lengthy process requiring attendance at five cheesemaking courses, 240 hours of apprenticeship with an existing licensed Wisconsin cheesemaker, and passing a written test.

Applications may be downloaded by clicking HERE.