MADISON, Wis. — There's a reason Wisconsin is called the cheese capital of America.
The Badger State produced 227 million pounds of cheese in June. That was one-fourth of the nation's cheese production that month, and a 2 percent increase over the state's production in June of last year.
California leads the nation in milk production but it's second in cheese production. California produced 183 million pounds of cheese in June, a 1 percent decrease from June 2011.
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