October 2014 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 977 million pounds, 2.3 percent above October 2013 and 3.5 percent above September 2014.
Italian type cheese production totaled 421 million pounds, 2.9 percent above October 2013 and 1.2 percent above September 2014.
American type cheese production totaled 383 million pounds, 3.2 percent above October 2013 and 5.8 percent above September 2014.
Butter production was 148 million pounds, 1.5 percent above October 2013 and 13.8 percent above September 2014.
Dry milk powders (comparisons with October 2013)
Nonfat dry milk, human – 132 million pounds, up 54.1 percent.
Skim milk powders – 41.1 million pounds, down 34.1 percent.
Whey products (comparisons with October 2013)
Dry whey, total – 70.6 million pounds, down 1.2 percent.
Lactose, human and animal – 97.2 million pounds, up 9.0 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total – 46.3 million pounds, up 1.7 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons with October 2013)
Ice cream, regular (hard) – 60.4 million gallons, down 7.5 percent.
Ice cream, lowfat (total) – 30.6 million gallons, up 1.7 percent.
Sherbet (hard) – 3.03 million gallons, down 7.3 percent.
Frozen yogurt (total) – 4.66 million gallons, down 17.9 percent.
The full USDA Dairy Products report, with the state by state breakdown for each product, can be read here. (.pdf)