July dairy product production higher

July dairy product production higher

The USDA says overall cheese production for July was up about five million pounds from June, and about twelve million pounds from a year ago.  Total cheese production for July was 1.157 billion pounds, or 1.1% higher.

Butter production was 152 million pounds in July.  That’s up 3.1% from a year ago, but down 5.3% from just a month ago.

American-type cheese production totaled 468 million pounds.  That’s up slightly from a year ago and 1.5% higher than June.