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Brianne Breed

Brianne Breed

Senior Vice President of Cheese Trading at dairy trading firm T.C. Jacoby & Co., and recurring expert guest on The Milk Check podcast.

Sep 23, 2026

The Milk Check

The Milk Check

We Have a Cheese Problem

Sep 23 · 24m

Ted Jacoby
Ted JacobyHOST
8:51
Who's our biggest competitor right now in the world market? Who should we be afraid of? Europe, New Zealand?
Brianne Breed
Brianne BreedGUEST
8:56
I think that we need to keep our eyes on New Zealand.
Brianne Breed
Brianne BreedGUEST
8:59
They're entering spring right now and their milk production is up.
Brianne Breed
Brianne BreedGUEST
9:03
I believe it's up 2% in the last month and we haven't even hit spring really.
Brianne Breed
Brianne BreedGUEST
9:09
So I think these next couple of months, they're going to have plenty of milk to go towards cheese production.
Brianne Breed
Brianne BreedGUEST
9:14
And other dairy products.
Brianne Breed
Brianne BreedGUEST
9:16
We definitely need to keep our eyes on New Zealand and on where they're marketing.

8 MINS LATER

Ted Jacoby
Ted JacobyHOST
17:18
Just because there's more than enough cheddar out there and we're having trouble clearing cheddar.

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