USDA annual US dairy production summaryTotal cheese production, excluding cottage cheeses, was 14.2 billion pounds, 0.9 percent above 2022 production. American type cheese production was 5.84 billion pounds, 3.0 percent above 2022 and accounted for 41.1 percent of total cheese in 2023. Dry milk powders (2023 United States production, comparisons in percentage with 2022)Nonfat dry milk, human - 1.87 billion pounds, down 4.4 percent. CHEESE HIGHLIGHTS: Cheese production schedules are trending steady to stronger throughout the US. Following the release of milk production data in New Zealand, an analyst group in the country stated March milk production in New Zealand was the weakest since 2020 in terms of milk solids and on a tonnage basis.