October Dairy Products Report Available

Posted by Brian Gould Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:26:00 GMT

According to the latest Dairy Products Report concerning October production levels:

Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 842 million pounds, 2.0 percent above October 2007 and 5.8 percent above September 2008.

Italian type cheese production totaled 343 million pounds, 1.4 percent below October 2007 but 2.8 percent above September 2008.

American type cheese production totaled 342 million pounds, 6.5 percent above October 2007 and 7.9 percent above September 2008.

Butter production was 130 million pounds, slightly below October 2007 but 7.4 percent above September 2008.

Dry Milk Powders: (comparisons with October 2007) Nonfat dry milk, human — 121 million pounds, up 21.1 percent. Skim milk powders — 17.6 million pounds, down 18.1 percent.

Whey products: (comparisons with October 2007) Dry whey, total — 85.2 million pounds, down 4.2 percent. Lactose, human and animal — 60.2 million pounds, down 2.2 percent. Whey protein concentrate, total — 36.7 million pounds, up 13.8 percent.