Cheese War Timeline 1967 Event Date Event Source (See key below.) 2-1967 At its annual membership meeting, Cheese & Dairy officials reported that sales had exceeded $3 million and monthly earnings had increased. Winning awards at the Oregon Dairy Industries contest were cheesemakers Dean Daggett, Ron Jones,… READ MORE
Category Archives: Cheese & Dairy
Timeline, 1968
Cheese War Timeline 1968 Event Date Event Source (See key below.) 2-1968 Cheese & Dairy cheesemakers brought trophies home from the Oregon Dairy Industries annual convention. Fritz Baumgartner, head cheesemaker, won the sweepstakes trophy. Also winning awards were Lloyd Wright, Dean Daggett, Ron Jones, Allan Waldron, and Merton… READ MORE
Timeline, 1966
Cheese War Timeline 1966 Event Date Event Source (See key below.) 2-20-1966 Annual meetings of competing Tillamook dairy cooperatives were held on the third Saturday in February. Gathering at the Fairview Grange were about 125 members of Cheese and Dairy, which had merged with Red Clover at… READ MORE
Timeline, 1965
Cheese War Timeline 1965 Event Date Event Source (See key below.) 4-12-1965 to 4-16-1965 County Creamery filed a $10 million antitrust suit against Cheese & Dairy, along with a $10 million antitrust suit against Red Clover. Earlier, Cheese & Dairy and Red Clover asked for a combined $8.4 million in… READ MORE
Timeline, 1964
Cheese War Timeline 1964 Event Date Event Source (See key below.) 1-27-1964 Cheese & Dairy sought an injunction in federal court that would order County Creamery to stop threatening legal action against dealers who handle Premium Brand cheese. Cheese & Dairy said that County Creamery… READ MORE
Timeline, 1963
Cheese War Timeline 1963 Event Date Event Source (See key below.) 1-1963 and 2-1963 A dairy stabilization law for the Portland milkshed was drafted by an Oregon Dairymen’s Association committee headed by George Milne, president of Tillamook Cheese & Dairy. The… READ MORE
Two Groups, One Roof
During most of the Cheese War, Cheese & Dairy and County Creamery co-existed at the large Tillamook cheese factory. A judge had ordered that each cooperative could use the space so they shared equipment and production rooms. This schematic, developed for use in a later lawsuit, noted that an area marked with jagged lines was… READ MORE
The End: County Creamery Buys Out Cheese & Dairy
In the largest sale in Tillamook County through 1968, County Creamery bought out Cheese & Dairy. The deal, worth $9 million today, ended Cheese & Dairy’s operations. READ MORE
Cheese & Dairy Loses Agriculture Dept. Lawsuit
The Oregon Department of Agriculture sued Cheese & Dairy to force payment to members of the Tillamook Fluid Milk Shippers Association, or Shiveley Shippers. That group had withdrawn from Cheese & Dairy in 1963 to ship milk to County Creamery. After numerous appeals, Judge Combs ruled that Cheese & Dairy had to pay. Cheese &… READ MORE
Foremost Begins Marketing Premium Brand Cheese
In September 1965, Cheese & Dairy announced that Foremost Dairies would age and market Premium Brand cheese products. The amicable arrangement lasted through March 1967, when Cheese & Dairy repurchased its inventory so it could provide a greater return to its members. By then, Cheese & Dairy was looking for every possible financial advantage. READ MORE
