August Dairy Product Production Generally Above 2007 Levels

Posted by Brian Gould Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:08:00 GMT

Total August cheese production was up 3.0% over 2007 levels. American cheese output increased 8.6%. Mozzarella cheese output was down 2.8% which follows the trend observed every month during 2008. Butter prod. was up 4.4%. NFDM output increased 14.0% and SMP prod. increased 48.7%. Whey production was down 7.2% which is the pattern for all of the 2007. For more detail refer to the Dairy Production section of the website.