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More cheese made in July
Cheese production in the U.S. in July totaled 988 million pounds up 3.1 percent from July of last year. Italian type cheese output was 3.2 percent higher at 422 million pounds and American type cheese production totaled 393 million pounds up 3.4 percent from a year ago.
Wisconsin cheese production totaled 261 million pounds in July up 7.3 percent from July of last year. Italian cheese production totaled 130 million pounds in the Badger State up 8.3 percent from a year ago. Mozzarella production was 9.1 percent higher. American cheese production totaled 78.2 million pounds in July up 10.8 percent with Cheddar output 12 percent higher at 52.4 million pounds.
California cheese production totaled 206 million pounds in July up 1.7 percent from July of 2014. The Golden State produced 134 million pounds of Italian cheeses in July up 3.3 percent from a year ago. American type cheese production was 2.8 percent higher at 54.9 million pounds with Cheddar output 1.8 percent higher at 31.3 million pounds.
Butter production totaled 133 million pounds in July down 3.2 percent from July of 2014.
Cheese production from January through July is running 2.3 percent above the same period in 2014. Butter production for the 7-month period is running 1.7 percent below year-ago levels.
Other dairy product production in July compared to a year ago:
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