National Agricultural Statistics Service
December 2015 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 1.02 billion pounds, 1.2 percent above December 2014 and 2.8 percent above November 2015.
Italian type cheese production totaled 453 million pounds, 3.1 percent above December 2014 and 3.4 percent above November 2015.
American type cheese production totaled 397 million pounds, 0.7 percent above December 2014 and 5.3 percent above November 2015.
Butter production was 177 million pounds, 4.3 percent above December 2014 and 17.0 percent above November 2015.
Dry milk powders (comparisons with December 2014)
Nonfat dry milk, human – 147 million pounds, down 10.2 percent.
Skim milk powders – 45.4 million pounds, up 5.1 percent.
Whey products (comparisons with December 2014)
Dry whey, total – 94.0 million pounds, up 25.1 percent.
Lactose, human and animal – 87.4 million pounds, down 5.2 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total – 40.0 million pounds, down 14.8 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons with December 2014)
Ice cream, regular (hard) – 55.0 million gallons, up 5.4 percent.
Ice cream, lowfat (total) – 24.3 million gallons, down 10.9 percent.
Sherbet (hard) – 2.18 million gallons, down 16.2 percent.
Frozen yogurt (total) – 3.68 million gallons, down 0.8 percent.
