June dairy product production down from May, but higher than 2021

June dairy product production down from May, but higher than 2021

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.