News

Cheese production up 1.8 percent in May

Cheese

Cheese production in the United States totaled 989 million pounds in May, up 1.8 percent from May of last year.  Italian cheese production totaled 423 million pounds up 1.9 percent from a year ago while American-type cheese output was 1.6 percent higher at 401 million pounds.

Wisconsin cheese production totaled 251.6 million pounds in May up 4 percent from a year ago.  The Badger State made 125.5 million pounds of Italian-type cheese in May, 3.5 percent more than a year ago.  Mozzarella production jumped 4.9 percent to 85.9 million pounds.  American-type cheese production was up 5.4 percent at 76.6 million pounds with Cheddar output up 6.6 percent at 52.5 million.

California cheese production totaled 208.6 million pounds in May, 0.4 percent above May of last year.  Italian-type cheese production slipped a half-percent to 132.8 million pounds in May.  Production of American-type cheese was up 3.2 percent at 56.5 million pounds although Cheddar output was 1.1 percent lower at 30 million pounds.

Butter production was 169 million pounds in May, 1.9 percent above May of 2014.

Other dairy product production in May compared to a year ago:

  •             Nonfat dry milk; 178 million pounds (+9.9%)
  •             Skim milk powders; 36.7 million pounds (-38.3%)
  •             Dry whey; 80 million pounds (-3%)
  •             Lactose; 88.9 million pounds (-10.2%)
  •             Whey protein concentrate; 44.1 million pounds (-5%)
  •             Regular ice cream; 63 million gallons (-10.8%)
  •             Low fat ice cream; 41.5 million gallons (+5.3%)
  •             Sherbet; 3.72 million gallons (-3.8%)
  •             Frozen yogurt; 5.8 million gallons (-4.9%)

 

Year-to-date, U.S. cheese production is running 2.2 percent above the same period a year ago while butter production is 2 percent lower.

Read the full NASS report here:

Add Comment

Your email address will not be published.


 

Stay Up to Date

Subscribe for our newsletter today and receive relevant news straight to your inbox!