Tridge summary
The USDA's annual dairy product report has shown a mixed trend in the dairy industry for the past year. Highlights include a decrease in butter and powder products such as nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder, with butter production slightly down and California being the main producer. In contrast, cheese production saw an increase, with Wisconsin being the largest producer and both Italian and American cheese accounting for slightly over 40% of the production. The report also noted a rise in dry whey production and a slight decrease in lactose. Additionally, there was an increase in the production of regular ice cream by 4.5%, but a decrease in low fat ice cream by 6.5%. Frozen yogurt production also saw an increase of nearly 13%.
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USDA’s annual dairy product report confirms an incremental decline in butter and powder products last year while cheese and ice cream increased. Cheese production totaled more than 14 billion pounds, up more than two percent from 2021 with Wisconsin producing a quarter of the nation’s cheese. Italian and American cheese both made up slightly more than 40 percent of the production mix. Butter production was slightly more than two billion pounds, down two-tenths of a percent from the prior year. California accounted for nearly a third of production. Nonfat dry milk was down nearly four percent from 2021 and skim milk powder was down nearly six percent. Dry whey production ...
Source: Brownfield Ag
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