# Cheese Production Up 3.5% In 2021 vs. Previous Year | HART Design

> USDA's revised 2021 Dairy Products Summary shows US cheese production at 13.71 billion pounds, up 3.5 percent from 2020. Italian varieties rose 2.5 percent, American-type cheese rose 4.3 percent, and Wisconsin produced 25.3 percent of the total.

- Date: 2022-04-30 · published 2022-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41848-cheese-production-up-3-5-in-2021-vs-previous-year-hart-design
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Growing cheese output absorbs more milk and supports dairy demand, but it reflects past production rather than new supply shocks. The effect on feed commodity prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-02-05 | [December cheese, butter production up on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31684-december-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.9% | +2.6% |
| 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 | 2024-01-24 | [US Milk Production - December 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32129-us-milk-production-december-2023.md) | +0.1% | +6.5% |
| MILK | 2025-07-12 | [Cheese production continues to grow - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23757-cheese-production-continues-to-grow-dairy-star.md) | +0.5% | -0.0% |
| MILK | 2020-06-13 | [USDA Raises Forecasts for 2020 Milk Production - HART](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52608-usda-raises-forecasts-for-2020-milk-production-hart.md) | +2.8% | +19.2% |

## Sources

- hartdesign.com: https://hartdesign.com/industry-news/annual-cheese-production-up/

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