Released June 4, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
April 2014 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 950 million pounds, 2.2 percent above April 2013 but 1.4 percent below March 2014.
Italian type cheese production totaled 414 million pounds, 5.2 percent above April 2013 but 2.8 percent below March 2014.
American type cheese production totaled 377 million pounds, slightly above April 2013 but 0.7 percent below March 2014.
Butter production was 158 million pounds, 4.9 percent below April 2013 and 4.2 percent below March 2014.
Dry milk powders (comparisons with April 2013)
Nonfat dry milk, human – 158 million pounds, down 1.2 percent.
Skim milk powders – 48.8 million pounds, up 22.8 percent.
Whey products (comparisons with April 2013)
Dry whey, total – 74.5 million pounds, down 12.8 percent.
Lactose, human and animal – 92.2 million pounds, up 8.8 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total – 45.7 million pounds, up 13.0 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons with April 2013)
Ice cream, regular (hard) – 68.5 million gallons, down 5.1 percent.
Ice cream, lowfat (total) – 38.9 million gallons, down 33.6 percent.
Sherbet (hard) – 3.98 million gallons, down 11.8 percent.
Frozen yogurt (total) – 6.13 million gallons, down 21.1 percent.
Please click for the full report. Monthly Dairy Products Report-06-04-2014.(.pdf format)