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Less cheese and butter in the nation’s warehouses

Monthly Cold Storage Report from USDA shows that as of August 31^st there were 1.05 billion pounds of cheese in the nation’s warehouses.  That is unchanged from the end of July but 46 million pounds or 4 percent below August of 2013.  American-type cheese stocks were 662 million at the end of August, 2 million more than the end of July but 6 million less than a year ago.

Butter stocks at the end of August were 165 million pounds down 3 percent or 5 million pounds from July and 98 million pounds or 37 percent below August of last year.