# December cheese, butter production up on year - Brownfield Ag News

> USDA data show US cheese production in December 2023 rose about 1% year on year to 1.21 billion pounds, and butter output rose 4.4% to 196.32 million pounds. Dry milk product output fell sharply from a year earlier.

- Date: 2024-02-05 · published 2024-02-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31684-december-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Strong cheese and butter output alongside weaker dry milk points to a shift in milk use that has limited support for skim-based feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2020-10-05 | [August cheese production down on year, butter up - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50649-august-cheese-production-down-on-year-butter-up-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.6% | +7.0% |
| MILK | 2022-04-27 | [Frozen dairy product production up on the year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41842-frozen-dairy-product-production-up-on-the-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.3% | +3.2% |
| MILK | 2024-05-10 | [USDA calling for milk production growth - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30436-usda-calling-for-milk-production-growth-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +4.6% |
| MILK | 2022-05-12 | [USDA calls for increased milk production  - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41564-usda-calls-for-increased-milk-production-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.4% | -1.9% |
| MILK | 2020-11-10 | [USDA continues to raise milk production and prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50158-usda-continues-to-raise-milk-production-and-prices-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.8% | -33.8% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/december-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year/

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