# The Farmer's Exchange Online Cheese Output Hits Record High of 13.3 Billion Pounds in 2020

> USDA's annual Dairy Products Summary showed record U.S. cheese output of 13.3 billion pounds in 2020, up 0.9% from 2019. Butter production topped 2 billion pounds for the first time, rising 7.6%. Wisconsin led cheese output with a 25.6% share.

- Date: 2021-05-07 · published 2021-05-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47110-the-farmer-s-exchange-online-cheese-output-hits-record-high-of-13-3-billion
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Record cheese and butter output in 2020 shows the size of the dairy supply base feeding into 2021 pricing. Heavy supply of dairy products tends to weigh on milk prices, which in turn affects the cost of dairy-based feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-01-06 | [USDA Dairy Production Report: Surprising Trends in Cheese, Butter, and Milk Output for November 2024 \| The Bullvine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26522-usda-dairy-production-report-surprising-trends-in-cheese-butter-and-milk-output.md) | -1.3% | -0.4% |
| MILK | 2018-10-15 | [Expiration of the 2014 Farm Bill, CRS Report - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62520-expiration-of-the-2014-farm-bill-crs-report-farm-policy-news.md) | -0.4% | -7.4% |
| MILK | 2017-05-27 | [USDA Expects Higher Milk Output, Higher Cheese, Milk Prices In 2018 – Histórico eDairyNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71018-usda-expects-higher-milk-output-higher-cheese-milk-prices-in-2018-historico.md) | +5.3% | +4.7% |
| MILK | 2020-12-18 | [Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2019 and Projections for the Rest of 2020 and 2021 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49654-economic-review-of-milk-costs-in-2019-and-projections-for-the-rest-of-2020-and.md) | +0.5% | +3.8% |
| MILK | 2019-08-06 | [New Research Highlights the Role of Rumen Protected Methionine in Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57918-new-research-highlights-the-role-of-rumen-protected-methionine-in-dairy.md) | +1.0% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- farmers-exchange.net: http://www.farmers-exchange.net/detailPage.aspx?articleID=20577

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