May Dairy Cattle Slaughter Values Released
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:10:00 GMT
There were 211,700 dairy cows to the slaughterhouse in May, the smallest figure (on a daily average basis) since July 2008 according to today’s NASS report.
May Milk Production Report Released Yesterday
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:52:00 GMT
The May milk production report was released yesterday by the USDA. The data for Wisconsin shows a preliminary May production value of 2.179 bil. lbs. On a 30-day basis this value is 2.109 bil. lbs. which represents a 2.1% increase over the April production level. The May 09 production level is 1.9% higher than the May 08 level. For the US as a whole milk production was estimated to increase just 0.1%. California’s production decreased 1.9%.
The April Milk Production Report is Released Today
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:05:00 GMT
The April Dairy Products Report was released today. Total cheese output was 846 mil. lbs, 3.2% above April 2008 and 2.8% below March 2009.&nsp; Butter prod. was 144 mil. lbs, 3.9 % below April 2008 and 2.1% below March 2009.
April Cheese and Butter Stock Values Released
Fri, 22 May 2009 19:07:00 GMT
The April Cold Storage report was released today. end-of-April Total Cheese stocks was 914.1 mil. lbs., an increase of 20 mil. lbs from Mar. This compares to 855.9 milk. lbs. at the end of April 2008.
End of month butter stocks stood at 242.7 mil. lbs., a 30.3 mil. lb increase over the stock level at the end of March. This compares with an April 2008 stock level of 251.5 mil. lbs.
April 2009 23-State Milk Production Slightly Higher than April 2008
Mon, 18 May 2009 19:42:00 GMT
According to today’s milk production report, April milk production in the 23 major States was 14.9 bil. lbs., up slightly from April 2008. Prod/cow per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,758 lbs, 1 lb above April 2008. The no. of milk cows was 8.48 mil., 3000 head less than April 2008, and 2,000 less than March 2009.
Lowest Level of Weekly Sales of NFDM to the CCC Last Week
Mon, 18 May 2009 12:40:00 GMT
For the week ending on May 16th, 1.8 million lbs. of NFDM was sold to the CCC by Western U.S. manufacturers. This was the lowest weekly sales amount for 2009.
Dramatic Increase in Cheese Stocks in March
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:41:00 GMT
March total natural cheese stocks increased to 892.5 million lbs. from the end of Feb. level of 875.1 million lbs, a 2% increase. The end of March 2008 level stood at 824.3 mil. lbs.
March U.S. Milk Production Drops Year-Over-Year for the 1st Time Since June '04
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:50:00 GMT
March milk production fell below its year-ago level. The year-over-year drop occurred for the 1st time since June 04. The U.S. dairy herd was also below year ago levels, the 1st time since October 2004. March milk prod/cow dropped below the March 2008 level.
Total Feb. Cheese Production Estimated to be 768.5 Mil. Lbs
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:08:00 GMT
The Feb. 2009 Total Cheese Production was estimated to be 768.5 million lbs. On a 30 day basis, this represents a 1.4% increase over the Feb. 2008 production level. To download the full Dairy Products Report click here.
Dramatic Increase in Butter Stocks From December '08 to January '09
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:43:00 GMT
The Jan. ‘09 total butter stocks stood at 177.8 mil. lbs. This represents an increase from 119.0 mil. lbs in Dec. ‘08. In January 2008, total butter stocks stood at 188.1 mil. lbs.
