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Wisconsin Cheese Production Dropped in February
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 04/03/2020

Even with the extra leap day, Wisconsin cheese plants still made less product during February when compared to the same month a year earlier. According to the latest dairy product summary from the USDA, the state produced 260.5 million pounds of cheese in February. That was 0.2 percent less than last year and 6.0 percent lower than this past January.

Nationally, about 1.03 billion pounds of cheese was produced in the United States in February. That was a 3.7 percent increase over 2019, but 7.4 percent lower than the 1.10 billion manufactured during the previous month.

Wisconsin's production of American cheese increased as the state produced 80.1 million pounds, about 0.4 percent more than last year, but 8.0 percent below last month's production. Cheddar output fell 3.9 percent compared to 2019 to total 55.7 million pounds, and dropped 9.9 percent from the month earlier. Italian cheese production was at 132.3 million pounds, about 1.2 percent below last year, and 5.9 percent lower for the month. And Mozzarella produced in Wisconsin totaled 86.1 million pounds--about 1.6 percent less than February 2019, and 3.3 percent below January 2020.

Dry Whey output in Wisconsin was recorded at 23.2 million pounds, which was up 13.6 percent from last year, but 6.7 percent less compared to last month.


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