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Article: California cheese production reaches milestone.(News and Trends)
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- Dairy Foods
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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California's cheese production passed the 2 billion-pound mark for the first time in 2005, reaching a record 2.14 billion pounds.
A preliminary report by the state's Department of Food and Agriculture also notes that the state's cheese production grew 7.1% last year, nearly three times the rate of cheese production growth nationally.
Cheese production in California has more than doubled over the past decade, from 1.04 billion pounds in ...