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Dairy Product Production Chart - March 2005
Milk Production Chart - March 2005
Production Chart Archive

Dairy Product Production - March 2005

	Mar. 2004	Mar. 2005	% Change	YTD 2003	YTD 2004	% Change
Cheese
American¹	324,234	328,632	1.4	939,210	943,957	0.5
Cheddar	260,336	265,774	2.1	756,956	764,358	1.0
Swiss	24,424	23,999	-1.7	69,658	69,194	-0.7
Brick & Muenster	6,791	6,269	-7.7	19,729	17,152	-13.1
Cream & Neufchatel	57,543	59,683	3.7	154,560	160,330	3.7
Hispanic	12,733	14,662	15.1	34,375	40,573	18.0
Mozzarella	264,782	269,833	1.9	754,248	760,522	0.8
Other Italian	69,259	70,976	2.5	190,992	199,264	4.3
Total Italian	334,041	340,809	2.0	945,240	959,786	1.5
All other types	25,860	22,448	-13.2	66,376	67,559	1.8
TOTAL CHEESE	785,626	796,502	1.4	2,229,148	2,258,551	1.3

Butter	100,383	119,781	19.3	338,322	361,926	7.0
Cottage cheese - curd	43,386	41,488	-4.4	119,823	111,747	-6.7
Cottage cheese - creamed	34,783	32,451	-6.7	97,763	89,886	-8.1
Cottage cheese - lowfat	36,032	33,371	-7.4	100,348	94,359	-6.0
Sour cream	84,898	88,613	4.4	230,717	240,820	4.4
Yogurt (Plain & Flav.)	247,890	264,733	6.8	681,345	725,537	6.5

Canned Evap. & Cond.	47,310	49,144	3.9	123,440	128,489	4.1
Dry Whole Milk	3,546	2,645	-25.4	12,099	9,579	-20.8
NFDM - Human	117,981	108,928	-7.7	363,070	297,037	-18.2
Dry Skim - Animal	320	395	23.4	1,097	1,183	7.8
Dry Buttermilk	4,377	5,722	30.7	15,077	17,987	19.3
Cond. Whey - Human	7,196	6,567	-8.7	23,967	18,183	-24.1
Dry Whey - Human	82,570	83,763	1.4	239,231	237,664	-0.7
Dry Whey - Animal	10,218	8,376	-18.0	24,926	20,553	-17.5
Lactose - Human & Animal	56,234	55,827	-0.7	160,724	164,605	2.4
WPC - Human	26,383	26,179	-0.8	75,384	73,889	-2.0
WPC - Animal	4,630	4,602	-0.6	13,664	12,967	-5.1

Ice Cream, hard	78,409	78,551	0.2	203,405	203,231	-0.1
Ice Cream, lowfat, total	37,856	36,657	-3.2	92,677	91,819	-0.9
Frozen Yogurt	6,269	6,105	-2.6	16,858	14,861	-11.8
Notes: Production reported in thousands of pounds, except frozen products, which are reported in thousands of gallons. Source: USDA. All production percentages are rounded. ¹Includes Cheddar, Colby, Monterey and Jack.

Milk Production — March 2005

	Mar. 04	Mar. 05	Pct. Chg.	YTD 2004	YTD 2005*	Pct. Chg.
Arizona	329	338	2.7	945	965	2.1
California	3,104	3,225	3.9	8,956	9,151	2.2
Colorado	183	193	5.5	532	551	3.6
Florida	214	227	6.1	612	639	4.4
Idaho	735	823	12.0	2,161	2,355	9.0
Illinois	178	175	-1.7	516	503	-2.5
Indiana	268	262	-2.2	741	746	0.7
Iowa	337	331	-1.8	976	947	-3.0
Kansas	190	193	1.6	551	554	0.5
Kentucky	129	127	-1.6	366	357	-2.5
Michigan	545	561	2.9	1,575	1,605	1.9
Minnesota	702	710	1.1	2,060	2,048	-0.6
Missouri	165	163	-1.2	470	459	-2.3
New Mexico	577	576	-0.2	1,690	1,620	-4.1
New York	997	1,038	4.1	2,901	2,956	1.9
Ohio	393	407	3.6	1,122	1,163	3.7
Oregon	187	196	4.8	548	559	2.0
Pennsylvania	885	896	1.2	2,534	2,560	1.0
Texas	550	567	3.1	1,578	1,588	0.6
Vermont	222	228	2.7	651	655	0.6
Virginia	154	157	1.9	441	452	2.5
Washington	465	483	3.9	1,350	1,372	1.6
Wisconsin	1,878	1,923	2.4	5,501	5,522	0.4

23 STATE TOTAL	13,387	13,799	3.1	38,777	39,327	1.4

Note: Production reported in millions of pounds. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. *YTD 2005 figures include preliminary current month plus revised previous months' data. YTD 2005 also represents one less day as compared to YTD 2004 because of leap year.

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