Specialty cheese production grew in 2018 but became a slightly smaller share of overall cheese production in Wisconsin.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that Wisconsin again led the nation in cheese production in 2018, with 3.422 billion pounds produced, an increase of 1.3 percent over 2017.
But while specialty cheese production grew at about 1 percent, to 803 million pounds, an increase of 4 million pounds over 2017, it accounted for 23.5 percent of overall cheese production. In 2017, specialty cheese accounted for 23.7 percent of the state’s cheese manufacturing, according to the USDA data.
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