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Article: For cheese, state still a cut above the rest Wisconsin tops California in 1997 cheese production, but still lags in milk and butter
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 25, 1998
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Wisconsin is still the land of cheese.
It made nearly one-third of the nation's cheese last year,
maintaining its position as the leading producer among states, the
Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service said Friday.
California, having replaced Wisconsin several years ago as the top
milk producer by volume, was runner-up in cheese in 1997 and was No.
1 in butter, the report said.
Wisconsin's 1997 output of cheese was virtually the same as its
1996 record production of 2.1 billion pounds.
It customarily is the top cheese-making state because its farmers,
dairies and cheese factories have made the product for generations
and have an international sales appeal, Robert Streeter of the ...