Total Natural Cheese Stocks Decrease
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:03:00 GMT
The August end-of month total natural cheese stocks decreased 17.6 million lbs from July to 847.790 million lbs. The August ‘06 stock level was 862.322 million lbs.
Large August End-of-month Butter Stocks
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:55:00 GMT
August end-of-month commercial butter stocks were 260.7 million lbs, the most ever for this date. The average over the 8-year 1999-2006 period was 163.1 million lbs.
U.S. August Milk Proudction Increases 3.4%
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:40:00 GMT
The 50-state August milk production level was estimated to be 15.57 billion lbs., an increase of 3.4% from August ‘06. The number of milk cows increased 11,000 head to 9.168 million head which makes the U.S. dairy herd the largest since 2000.  Production per cow in the 50 states was 54.8 lbs./day, up 1.5 lbs. (+2.8%) Aug. ‘06.
Slight increase in dairy cow slaughter rate over '06
Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:02:00 GMT
There were 180,200 dairy cows sent to slaughter in July according to USDA’s Livestock Slaughter report released this morning. This is an increase of 5,600 from a year ago.
July '07 Cheese Stocks Decline from '06 Levels
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:34:00 GMT
July total cheese stocks were 4% lower than July ‘06 levels. Butter stocks were 5% higher than ‘06 levels.
