The Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative will once again host the Southeast Dairy Products Competition. The competition will be judged on Wednesday July 30th, 2025. Winners will be announced the following day at the Southeast Value-Added Dairy Conference during lunch. After the award announcement, the competition judges will be available for consultation on product entries. 

Eligibility

Entry is open to manufacturers of dairy products that are produced and processed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico. Entries must represent a typical commercially available sample of the product being entered. Submissions will only be accepted for products produced on a dairy farm site or that come from a single source farm. Read the competition rules here.

Product Delivery/Shipping 

Entries must be shipped so they arrive either Monday, July 28th or Tuesday, July 29th. Hand-delivered products can be dropped off at Room 148 C. E. Brehm Animal Sciences Building 2506 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 from 9:00am to 11:00am and 2:00pm to 4:00pm/ET. 

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