Cheese production down in July

The July heat wave showing up in the nation’s cheese factories, National Ag Statistics Service reports total cheese production in the U.S. in July was 859 million pounds down 2 percent from a year ago. Italian type cheese production was 0.4 percent lower than a year ago while American type production dropped 4.3 percent with Cheddar output 5.4 percent lower than a year ago. This is the first year-over-year decrease this year. Year-to-date total cheese production is still 2.3 percent above

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