A Wisconsin cheese-maker is recalling cheese sold under the Nordic Creamery brand name because of possible Listeria contamination. The cheese was sold in 8-ounce bags with a code date of 10-MAR-12. Stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California carried the product.

The Associated Press reports honeybees produced 6.4 million pounds in Minnesota last year. Wisconsin also had an off year, down 12 percent. North Dakota is the nation's leader producing nearly 33 million pounds of honey in 2011.

Milk production in the dairy state jumped less than 1 percent from 2010, but that was still enough to set a new state record. The Winona Daily News says Wisconsin cows accounted for 1 out of every 8 gallons of milk in the United States. Minnesota, meanwhile, saw dairy production dip about 2 percent.