January 2017 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 1.04 billion pounds, 3.7 percent above January 2016 but 1.2 percent below December 2016.
Italian type cheese production totaled 452 million pounds, 3.8 percent above January 2016 but 1.5 percent below December 2016.
American type cheese production totaled 413 million pounds, 3.0 percent above January 2016 but 1.2 percent below December 2016.
Butter production was 178 million pounds, 1.2 percent above January 2016 and 8.5 percent above December 2016.
Dry milk powders (comparisons with January 2016)Nonfat dry milk, human – 155 million pounds, up 13.1 percent.Skim milk powders – 50.5 million pounds, down 1.4 percent.
Whey products (comparisons with January 2016)Dry whey, total – 82.2 million pounds, down 1.3 percent. Lactose, human and animal – 92.2 million pounds, up 9.0 percent. Whey protein concentrate, total – 40.0 million pounds, up 2.6 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons with January 2016) Ice cream, regular (hard) – 56.6 million gallons, down 0.8 percent. Ice cream, lowfat (total) – 29.5 million gallons, up 14.7 percent. Sherbet (hard) – 3.14 million gallons, up 27.4 percent. Frozen yogurt (total) – 4.24 million gallons, up 2.7 percent.
Read the full dairy products report.