# Cheese and butter production growing - Brownfield Ag News

> USDA's April dairy product data showed total cheese output above 1.14 billion pounds, up 8% year over year but down over 3% from March. Butter production reached 185 million pounds, up 18.5% from a year earlier, while nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder fell year over year.

- Date: 2021-06-07 · published 2021-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46573-cheese-and-butter-production-growing-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier cheese and butter output adds supply to dairy product markets, which weighs on Class III and Class IV milk prices that feed-buying operations track.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2021-08-04 | [June cheese, butter production up on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45569-june-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.6% | -2.8% |
| 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 | 2018-12-04 | [October cheese production up 3% on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61558-october-cheese-production-up-3-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -5.2% | -1.0% |
| MILK | 2021-09-03 | [July cheese production up 3.5% on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45075-july-cheese-production-up-3-5-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.5% | +8.8% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/cheese-and-butter-production-growing/

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