# Dairy product production slows - Brownfield Ag News

> October US dairy output was mixed, with cheese production up about 1% year on year and butter down nearly 2%. Nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder output fell year on year while dry whey and lactose rose.

- Date: 2021-12-03 · published 2021-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43590-dairy-product-production-slows-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Stocks remained heavy, so the mixed production data is mildly bearish for dairy product prices and suggests limited near-term support for milk values.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-04-05 | [Most dairy product production up for February - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36409-most-dairy-product-production-up-for-february-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.4% | -7.1% |
| 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 | 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% |
| MILK | 2021-06-07 | [Cheese and butter production growing - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46573-cheese-and-butter-production-growing-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.3% | -3.0% |
| MILK | 2020-08-12 | [Increasing milk production expected to keep dairy prices low - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51624-increasing-milk-production-expected-to-keep-dairy-prices-low-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.3% | -14.3% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/dairy-product-production-slows/

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