Dairy Products
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 1.16 billion pounds, 0.7 percent above November 2022 but 2.6 percent below October 2023.
November 2023 Highlights
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 1.16 billion pounds, 0.7 percent above November 2022 but 2.6 percent below October 2023.
Italian type cheese production totaled 485 million pounds, 0.7 percent below November 2022 and 4.2 percent below October 2023.
American type cheese production totaled 469 million pounds, 0.7 percent above November 2022 but 0.2 percent below October 2023.
Butter production was 165 million pounds, 3.7 percent below November 2022 but 1.8 percent above October 2023.
Dry milk products (comparisons in percentage with November 2022)
Nonfat dry milk, human - 116 million pounds, down 28.0 percent.
Skim milk powder - 57.9 million pounds, up 17.8 percent.
Whey products (comparisons in percentage with November 2022)
Dry whey, total - 67.5 million pounds, down 6.4 percent.
Lactose, human and animal - 85.8 million pounds, down 3.1 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total - 39.3 million pounds, down 1.5 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons in percentage with November 2022)
Ice cream, regular (hard) - 52.1 million gallons, down 3.8 percent.
Ice cream, lowfat (total) - 27.8 million gallons, down 4.5 percent.
Sherbet (hard) - 1.51 million gallons, down 9.5 percent.
Frozen yogurt (total) - 2.63 million gallons, down 1.2 percent.
