Published February 02, 2012, 08:59 AM
-- Wisconsin cheese-makers produced more than the national average in December. And the Badger State lengthened its lead over second-place California.
Wisconsin cheesemakers produce more than national average
Wisconsin News-- Wisconsin cheese-makers produced more than the national average in December. And the Badger State lengthened its lead over second-place California.
Wisconsin cheese-makers produced more than the national average in December. And the Badger State lengthened its lead over second-place California.
Wisconsin cheese factories pumped out 230-million-pounds of products in December, up 3.5 percent from the same month a year ago. That's the most in the country. Second-place California increased its cheese output by 2.7 percent to 195-million pounds.
Nationally, 929-million pounds of cheese were made in the final month of 2011 -- an increase of two-point-four percent. For the year as a whole, national cheese production rose one-point-seven percent.
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