US Dairy Products Statistics
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) comment on the dairy product production such as cheese, butter etc. in their monthly Dairy Products Report.December 2006 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 829 million pounds, 3.8 percent above December
2005 and 4.8 percent above November 2006.
Italian type cheese production totaled 352 million pounds, 4.7 percent above December 2005 and
7.8 percent above November 2006.
American type cheese production totaled 340 million pounds, 3.0 percent above December 2005 and
8.0 percent above November 2006.
Butter production was 138 million pounds, 9.5 percent above December 2005 and 17.3 percent above
November 2006.
Frozen dessert: (comparisons with December 2005)
- Ice cream, Regular (hard) --- 49.4 million gallons, down 10.0 percent.
- Ice cream, Lowfat (total) --- 23.1 million gallons, up 6.2 percent.
- Sherbet (hard) --- 2.94 million gallons, down 14.3 percent.
- Frozen Yogurt (total) --- 3.80 million gallons, down 14.7 percent.
Dry whey products: (comparisons with December 2005)
- Dry whey, human --- 86.9 million pounds, up 8.3 percent.
- Dry whey, animal --- 3.87 million pounds, down 35.0 percent.
- Dry whey, total --- 90.7 million pounds, up 5.3 percent.
Total Cheese Production
United States
Total Butter Production
United StatesFurther Information
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