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Scott Kautzer pours buckets of cheddar cheese curds into a barrel, where they will condense and form a giant block of cheddar, at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin. The factory is hand making the two-and-a-half-ton holiday cheese for The Andersons, drawing the interest of local and international media. A television film crew was shooting for a show called "Food Factory."

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Workers pack cheddar cheese curds.

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Josh Henning pours buckets of cheddar cheese curds into a mould that will eventually become a 4,600 pound cheese at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin. The cheese The Andersons ordered last year was 3,200 pounds, but its popularity prompted the company to go bigger and to order an additional cheese for its Columbus location. Josh is the fourth generation to work at his family's business.

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Josh Henning smooths cheddar cheese curds into a mould that will eventually become a 4,600 pound cheese.

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Master cheese maker Kerry Henning, center, laughs as he assists Scott Kautzer, right, in moving the giant block of cheese at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Master cheese maker Kerry Henning, center, assists in moving the giant block of cheese at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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A Cineflix Inc. television crew from Toronto, Canada, films as six workers weight a forklift to counterbalance a giant barrel of cheese curds at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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A Cineflix Inc. television crew from Toronto, Canada, films Scott Kautzer as he pours buckets of cheddar cheese curds into a barrel, where they will condense and form a giant block of cheddar, at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Licensed cheese maker Mike Cieslewicz waxes a block of cheese at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Cheddar cheese curds are poured into a barrel where they will condense and form a giant block of cheddar at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Scott Kautzer pours buckets of cheddar cheese curds into a giant barrel, which will compress and shape the curds into a solid block of cheese, at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Josh Bulitz, 17, center, smiles as he and other workers pack finished cheddar cheese curds at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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A Cineflix Inc. television crew from Toronto, Canada, left, films cheese curds early in the cheddaring process, at left, and finished curds, at right, at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Joseph Prange separates curds and whey in the cheddaring process at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Cheese curds and whey are pumped into a tank where they will separate in the cheddaring process at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Jacob Bulitz, center, and Scott Kautzer, right, flip pounds of semi-solid cheese during the cheddaring process as a television crew from Cineflix Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, film at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Adam Russell, an associate buyer for The Andersons, left, gets some guidance from Jacob Bulitz, center, as Mr. Russell and Lesley Kruzel, deli and seafood buyer for The Andersons, right, flip slabs of cheese during the cheddaring process at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin. The cheese is poured into a holding container and as it solidifies it needs to be cut, flipped and stacked so it can condense into drier curds. Employees flip each side, which weighs roughly 2,000 pounds, six times between when the cheese is poured out until it's ready to be bagged.

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Josh Henning, right, is interviewed by a Cineflix Inc. television crew from Toronto, Canada, at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Wheels of waxed cheese are stacked at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Wheels of cheese cool as they age at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Wheels of Blueberry Cobbler cheese cool as they age at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory is situated among farm fields in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Josh Henning, right, is interviewed by a Cineflix Inc. television crew from Toronto, Canada, at the Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Henning's Wisconsin Cheese factory is situated among farm fields in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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A Cineflix Inc. television crew from Toronto, Canada, films Scott Kautzer pouring buckets of cheddar cheese curds into a barrel, where they will condense and form a giant block of cheddar.

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