The USDA says August dairy product production is continuing to decline alongside milk supplies.
Total cheese production was down nearly 1.2 billion pounds, fractionally from last year and the prior month. Italian cheese production was down 0.6 percent on the year and slightly above July, while American cheese was up fractionally for the year but down 2 percent on the month.
Butter production totaled 140 million pounds, down two percent from the prior year and 12 percent from the last month.
