National Agricultural Statistics Service
October 2015 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 991 million pounds, 1.5 percent above October 2014 and 3.8 percent above September 2015.
Italian type cheese production totaled 421 million pounds, 2.2 percent aboveOctober 2014 and 5.4 percent above September 2015.
American type cheese production totaled 386 million pounds, 0.7 percent below October 2014 but 2.6 percent above September 2015.
Butter production was 148 million pounds, 1.7 percent below October 2014 but 9.4 percent above September 2015.
Dry milk powders (comparisons with October 2014)
Nonfat dry milk, human – 119 million pounds, down 11.9 percent.
Skim milk powders – 40.3 million pounds, down 7.2 percent.
Whey products (comparisons with October 2014)
Dry whey, total – 75.8 million pounds, up 11.0 percent.
Lactose, human and animal – 84.1 million pounds, down 6.2 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total – 41.2 million pounds, down 10.8 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons with October 2014)
Ice cream, regular (hard) – 61.5 million gallons, up 0.9 percent.
Ice cream, lowfat (total) – 30.0 million gallons, down 4.5 percent.
Sherbet (hard) – 3.04 million gallons, up 7.7 percent.
Frozen yogurt (total) – 5.16 million gallons, up 0.3 percent.
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