Released November 3, 2016, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
September 2016 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 981 million pounds, 1.6 percent above September 2015 but 1.8 percent below August 2016.
Italian type cheese production totaled 421 million pounds, 4.4 percent above September 2015 but 0.9 percent below August 2016.
American type cheese production totaled 378 million pounds, 0.3 percent below September 2015 and 2.9 percent below August 2016.
Butter production was 133 million pounds, 0.4 percent below September 2015 but 2.3 percent above August 2016.
Dry milk powders (comparisons with September 2015)
Nonfat dry milk, human – 126 million pounds, up 4.7 percent.
Skim milk powders – 38.4 million pounds, up 43.3 percent.
Whey products (comparisons with September 2015)
Dry whey, total – 74.5 million pounds, down 6.0 percent.
Lactose, human and animal – 91.5 million pounds, up 7.5 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total – 34.2 million pounds, down 8.7 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons with September 2015)
Ice cream, regular (hard) – 62.2 million gallons, down 4.9 percent.
Ice cream, lowfat (total) – 34.1 million gallons, down 3.8 percent.
Sherbet (hard) – 3.23 million gallons, down 5.2 percent.
Frozen yogurt (total) – 5.12 million gallons, down 9.7 percent.
