For the hardcore advocates, every month is dairy month. These individuals wear all kinds of hats and come from all walks of the dairy world – from farmers in the field to enthusiasts to highly esteemed professionals.

Celebrate June Dairy Month with these tried-and-true recipes straight from the kitchens of real farmwomen and Progressive Dairy staff members who use real dairy products as a staple ingredient. Find a listing of hearty main dishes as well as deliciously dairy desserts.

Badger State license plates say it all, don’t they? Well, in my milky memory, they certainly did in a small, sedate Wisconsin village because, from the very first to the very last day of every June in honor of “Dairy Month” in Wisconsin, two tiny banks in one torpid town – the Farmers State and the First National – provided gratuitous white and chocolate milk to any man, woman or child who lollygagged into either FDIC-approved savings and loan.