# February cheese, butter production up on year - Brownfield Ag News

> The USDA reported February 2020 US cheese production rose 3.7% year on year to 1.028 billion pounds, with butter up 8.9% to 179.2 million pounds. Nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder also rose, while lactose and whey protein concentrate fell.

- Date: 2020-04-02 · published 2020-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53637-february-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Higher February output of cheese and butter adds to dairy supply during a period of weakening demand from COVID-19 disruptions, which is bearish for dairy product prices and milk.

## 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 | 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 | 2020-08-04 | [June cheese production up 3.5% on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51626-june-cheese-production-up-3-5-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -20.8% | -19.4% |
| 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/february-cheese-butter-production-up-on-year/

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