# Most dairy product production up for February - Brownfield Ag News

> USDA data showed February 2023 US dairy production was mostly up year on year, with butter up nearly 2% and cheese up almost 0.5%, though both fell sharply from January. Nonfat dry milk rose 4.5% and skim milk powder rose nearly 29%.

- Date: 2023-04-05 · published 2023-04-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36409-most-dairy-product-production-up-for-february-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Rising output of dairy products amid soft export demand for butter pressures dairy prices lower, which weighs on milk and dairy-linked feed demand. The effect on grain and meal prices is small.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-12-03 | [Dairy product production slows - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43590-dairy-product-production-slows-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.5% | +0.5% |
| MILK | 2020-04-02 | [February cheese, butter production up on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53637-february-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.6% | -21.3% |
| MILK | 2020-02-04 | [December dairy product production ends year higher - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54592-december-dairy-product-production-ends-year-higher-brownfield-ag-news.md) | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| MILK | 2025-10-22 | [Milk production up more than 3% in August, pushing dairy prices down - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22574-milk-production-up-more-than-3-in-august-pushing-dairy-prices-down-brownfield.md) | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| MILK | 2020-05-05 | [Cheese, butter production up on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53131-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.8% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/most-dairy-product-production-up-for-february/

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