According to the USDA, dairy product output fell in July due to lower milk availability.
Total cheese output was approximately 1.2 billion pounds, a 1% decrease from the previous year and month. Italian cheese output was down 1.5 percent year on year and slightly higher in June, while American cheese production was up marginally year on year and month on month.
Butter output totalled 157 million pounds, up 3.5% from the previous year but down more than 3% from the previous month.
Nonfat dry milk fell approximately 19% from 2022 to 2024, whereas skim milk powder grew by more than 2%. Dry whey production increased by more than 3% year on year, but lactose output decreased by about 3%.
(T1, D1)
