Article: Appetite for cheese keeps industry busy; California may grab title of top producer, but there's plenty of demand to go around

Appetite for cheese keeps industry busy

California may grab title of top producer, but there's plenty of demand to go around

Monty Python had it right: Blessed are the cheesemakers -- at least in business.

For decades, Americans have been packing away increasing amounts of cheese, and last year was no exception. Cheese consumption, according to a new study, hit a record 8.8 billion pounds in 2003. That's more than 30 pounds for every man, woman and child in the United States.

The latest analysis comes out of California -- Wisconsin's chief rival for the country's cheese-producing crown -- but still holds good news for America's Dairyland.

"It's been a great thing for Wisconsin," Karen ...

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