The total amount of dairy products produced fell from May to June, but the June output was still higher than a year ago.
USDA says the total cheese production was 1.16 billion pounds. That’s 2.7% above June 2021 but 2.3 percent below May 2022. Italian type cheese production was up 4.2% from last year to 485 million pounds, but 0.4% below May 2022. American type cheese production rose 1% to 462 million pounds but was 4% percent below May 2022.