Wisconsin Cheese Plants Made More Product this January Compared to January of 2020

Friday, March 5th, 2021 -- 8:07 AM

(Wisconsin Ag Connection) Wisconsin cheese plants made more product during January when compared to the same month a year earlier.

According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, that's according to the latest dairy product summary from the USDA, which stated the state produced 277.9 million pounds of cheese in January. That was a slight 0.3 percent increase over last year, but 0.8 percent below this past December.

Nationally, about 1.12 billion pounds of cheese was produced in the United States in January. That was a fractional 0.5 percent hike from 2020, but 1.2 percent lower than the amount manufactured during the previous month.

Dry Whey output in Wisconsin was recorded at 27.8 million pounds, which was up 11.9 percent from last year, and a slight 0.5 percent increase compared to last month.

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