Dairy Week In Review

Total cheese output, excluding cottage cheese, was up 4.4 percent from a year ago to 1.14 billion pounds in August, down 0.3 percent from July. American type cheeses were up 1.5 percent from  last year while Italian type cheese production was up 8.8 percent. Butter production was down, falling 1.7 percent from a year ago and 1.5 percent from last month to 148 million pounds, according to the latest USDA Dairy Products Report. Read More