HDR1012000160010503961500DAIRY PRODUCTS Released May 3, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Dairy Products" call Kevin Hintzman at (202) 720-4448, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. March 1996 Highlights Butter production was 113 million pounds in March, 11 percent below March 1995 and 4 percent below February 1996. American type cheese production totaled 293 million pounds, 9 percent above March 1995 and 8 percent above February 1996. Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 640 million pounds, up 6 percent from March 1995 and 9 percent above February 1996. Creamed cottage cheese production was 30.7 million pounds, 17 percent below March 1995 but 4 percent above February 1996. Lowfat cottage cheese production was 28.0 million pounds, 5 percent below March 1995 but 7 percent above February 1996. Frozen desserts: (comparisons with March 1995) Ice cream (hard) --- 66.8 million gallons, down 9 percent. Ice cream (lowfat) --- 27.2 million gallons, down 14 percent. Sherbet (hard) --- 4.13 million gallons, down 7 percent. Frozen Yogurt (total) --- 10.8 million gallons, down 26 percent. Dry milk products: (comparisons with March 1995) Nonfat dry milk for human food --- 110 million pounds, down 7 percent. Dry whole milk --- 10.6 million pounds, down 39 percent. Dry buttermilk --- 5.05 million pounds, down 16 percent. Da 2-6 (5-96) State totals are not published when fewer than 3 firms have reported or one firm comprises more than 60 percent of the State total. The map above outlines the regions used in the product tables. If we are not able to publish a region for confidentiality reasons, it will be combined with other regions when possible. For example, if North Atlantic can not be published, then it will be combined with South Atlantic to publish Atlantic. The West North Central and East North Central will be combined, if necessary, to form North Central. In the event that neither could be published, they will be combined with South Central to publish Central. Some tables will have only one or two regions shown, therefore the regions may not add to the United States total. Dairy Products: Production by Product, United States, March 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :----------------- Product : 1995 : 1996 1/ : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent : Butter : 127,338 118,088 113,077 89 96 Cheese : American Types 2/ : 269,545 270,824 292,551 109 108 Swiss : 21,257 18,939 17,487 82 92 Brick and Muenster : 8,899 9,185 9,513 107 104 Cream and Neufchatel : 52,452 48,445 59,470 113 123 Blue : 3,469 2,774 3,435 99 124 Mozzarella : 178,417 184,026 194,949 109 106 Other Italian Types : 50,202 40,911 48,801 97 119 Total Italian Types : 228,619 224,937 243,750 107 108 All Other Types : 16,957 12,314 13,668 81 111 Total : 601,198 587,418 639,874 106 109 Cottage Cheese, Curd 3/ : 40,599 36,177 37,740 93 104 Cottage Cheese, Creamed 4/ : 36,949 29,511 30,685 83 104 Cottage Cheese, Lowfat 5/ : 29,543 26,281 28,036 95 107 Canned Evaporated and : Condensed Whole Milk : 48,173 31,161 34,987 73 112 Dry Whole Milk : 17,354 11,754 10,624 61 90 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 118,726 92,967 110,029 93 118 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 793 386 614 77 159 Dry Buttermilk : 5,983 5,586 5,054 84 90 Yogurt, Plain & Flavored : 139,326 109,256 123,295 88 113 : : ------- 1,000 Gallons ------ Percent Frozen Products : Ice Cream, Hard : 73,467 60,872 66,831 91 110 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Hard : 10,323 7,409 8,502 82 115 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Soft : 21,223 13,828 18,741 88 136 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Total : 31,546 21,237 27,243 86 128 Sherbet, Hard : 4,446 3,569 4,129 93 116 Water and Juice Ices : 6,420 4,311 5,504 86 128 Frozen Yogurt, Total : 14,664 9,314 10,837 74 116 Regular & Lowfat, Hard : 6,709 3,793 4,419 66 117 Nonfat, Hard : 2,831 1,628 2,030 72 125 Other Frozen Dairy : Products : 3,008 965 1,145 38 119 : Mixed for Frozen Products : Ice Cream Mix : 39,712 33,330 36,824 93 110 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Mix : 18,559 13,118 16,969 91 129 Ice Cream, Nonfat, Mix : 1,819 1,519 1,997 110 131 Sherbet Mix : 3,094 2,596 3,121 101 120 Yogurt Mix : 9,281 5,895 6,859 74 116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Whole milk cheese, including cheddar, colby, washed curd, stirred curd, monterey, and jack. 3/ Mostly used for processing into creamed or lowfat cottage cheese. 4/ Fat content 4 percent or more. 5/ Fat content less than 4 percent. Whey and Modified Whey Products: Production, Stocks, and Prices, United States, March, 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------- Product : 1995 : 1996 1/ : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Production : ------ 1,000 Pounds ------ Percent Condensed Whey, Solids Content 2/ : Sweet-Type, Human : 7,765 7,083 7,369 95 104 Sweet-Type, Animal : 1,776 2,530 3,021 170 119 Dry Whey Products : Dry Whey, Human : 92,942 87,978 91,173 98 104 Dry Whey, Animal : 12,407 5,567 6,208 50 112 Reduced Lactose and Minerals : Human Food : 7,339 6,980 8,251 112 118 Animal Feed : 2,697 1,994 1,452 54 73 Lactose, Human and Animal : 26,735 26,558 27,995 105 105 Whey : Solids in Wet Blends, Animal : 7,394 6,049 4,976 67 82 Protein Concentrate, Human : 16,031 13,577 16,142 101 119 Protein Concentrate, Animal : 2,907 2,592 2,982 103 115 : : Manufacturers' Stocks End-of-Month 3/ : ------ 1,000 Pounds ------ Percent Dry Whey Products : Dry Whey, Human : 30,559 34,336 35,914 118 105 Dry Whey, Animal : 11,531 4,904 4,006 35 82 Reduced Lactose and Minerals : Human and Animal 4/ : 10,873 10,334 9,021 83 87 Lactose, Human and Animal : 15,175 17,803 17,434 115 98 Whey Protein Concentrate, Human : 6,879 7,247 6,429 93 89 Whey Protein Concentrate, Animal : 477 664 479 100 72 : : Manufacturers' Selling Price 5/ : ---- Cents per Pound --- Cents Change : Dry Whey, Human : 18.0 21.3 21.7 3.7 .4 Dry Whey, Animal : 17.4 21.0 21.2 3.8 .2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Final marketable product only. Does not include quantity used or shipped to another plant for further processing into dry whey or modified whey products. 3/ Stocks held by manufacturers at all points and in transit. 4/ Reduced lactose and minerals stocks combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 5/ Prices for bulk goods, f.o.b. plant. Average monthly prices reported by firms. Dairy Products: Production by Product and Month, United States, 1995-96 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :-------------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1996 : : : 1996 Month : 1995 : 1996 : as % of : 1995 : 1996 :as % of : : : 1995 : : : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent --- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent Butter : Jan : 135,639 125,431 92 135,639 125,431 92 Feb : 121,719 118,088 97 257,358 243,519 95 Mar : 127,338 113,077 89 384,696 356,596 93 Apr : 120,641 505,337 May : 119,435 624,772 Jun : 98,401 723,173 Jul : 84,989 808,162 Aug : 76,025 884,187 Sep : 80,218 964,405 Oct : 93,461 1,057,866 Nov : 90,451 1,148,317 Dec : 112,419 1,260,736 : American Cheese : Jan : 263,879 275,432 104 263,879 275,432 104 Feb : 243,162 270,824 111 507,041 546,256 108 Mar : 269,545 292,551 109 776,586 838,807 108 Apr : 264,907 1,041,493 May : 278,284 1,319,777 Jun : 264,457 1,584,234 Jul : 262,443 1,846,677 Aug : 245,069 2,091,746 Sep : 251,379 2,343,125 Oct : 252,814 2,595,939 Nov : 252,752 2,848,691 Dec : 279,877 3,128,568 : Italian Cheese : Jan : 214,778 228,900 107 214,778 228,900 107 Feb : 206,112 224,937 109 420,890 453,837 108 Mar : 228,619 243,750 107 649,509 697,587 107 Apr : 207,334 856,843 May : 223,812 1,080,655 Jun : 220,246 1,300,901 Jul : 207,511 1,508,412 Aug : 211,872 1,720,284 Sep : 221,655 1,941,939 Oct : 229,139 2,171,078 Nov : 228,193 2,399,271 Dec : 242,753 2,642,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Dairy Products: Production by Product and Month, United States, 1995-96 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :-------------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1996 : : : 1996 Month : 1995 : 1996 : as % of : 1995 : 1996 :as % of : : : 1995 : : : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent --- 1,000 Pounds --- Percent Total Cheese : Jan : 562,558 588,044 105 562,558 588,044 105 Feb : 527,310 587,418 111 1,089,868 1,175,462 108 Mar : 601,198 639,874 106 1,691,066 1,815,336 107 Apr : 563,598 2,254,664 May : 599,693 2,854,357 Jun : 584,684 3,439,041 Jul : 559,878 3,998,919 Aug : 556,090 4,555,009 Sep : 577,685 5,132,694 Oct : 594,037 5,726,731 Nov : 589,728 6,316,459 Dec : 623,780 6,940,239 : Nonfat Dry Milk, : Human : Jan : 113,913 98,945 87 113,913 98,945 87 Feb : 98,292 92,967 95 212,205 191,912 90 Mar : 118,726 110,029 93 330,931 301,941 91 Apr : 125,028 455,959 May : 137,075 593,034 Jun : 128,149 721,183 Jul : 107,578 828,761 Aug : 82,401 911,162 Sep : 72,046 983,208 Oct : 75,732 1,058,940 Nov : 73,099 1,132,039 Dec : 101,799 1,233,838 : Total Dry Whey 1/: Jan : 102,090 89,595 88 102,090 89,595 88 Feb : 95,744 93,545 98 197,834 183,140 93 Mar : 105,349 97,381 92 303,183 280,521 93 Apr : 102,788 405,971 May : 110,690 516,661 Jun : 104,435 621,096 Jul : 101,225 722,321 Aug : 92,475 814,796 Sep : 86,370 901,166 Oct : 89,684 990,850 Nov : 89,296 1,080,146 Dec : 93,139 1,173,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Dairy Products: Production by Product and Month, United States, 1995-96 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :-------------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1996 : : : 1996 Month : 1995 : 1996 : as % of : 1995 : 1996 :as % of : : : 1995 : : : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Percent -- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent Cream Cottage : Cheese : Jan : 31,225 29,830 96 31,225 29,830 96 Feb : 30,166 29,511 98 61,391 59,341 97 Mar : 36,949 30,685 83 98,340 90,026 92 Apr : 30,683 129,023 May : 33,601 162,624 Jun : 34,242 196,866 Jul : 31,309 228,175 Aug : 34,602 262,777 Sep : 30,714 293,491 Oct : 29,758 323,249 Nov : 29,633 352,882 Dec : 27,480 380,362 : Lowfat Cottage : Cheese : Jan : 26,576 25,174 95 26,576 25,174 95 Feb : 26,469 26,281 99 53,045 51,455 97 Mar : 29,543 28,036 95 82,588 79,491 96 Apr : 26,147 108,735 May : 29,294 138,029 Jun : 29,897 167,926 Jul : 27,002 194,928 Aug : 28,409 223,337 Sep : 25,504 248,841 Oct : 25,037 273,878 Nov : 23,518 297,396 Dec : 20,902 318,298 : : 1,000 Gallons Percent 1,000 Gallons Percent Ice Cream, Hard : Jan : 57,909 54,090 93 57,909 54,090 93 Feb : 60,387 60,872 101 118,296 114,962 97 Mar : 73,467 66,831 91 191,763 181,793 95 Apr : 72,173 263,936 May : 76,625 340,561 Jun : 84,608 425,169 Jul : 81,712 506,881 Aug : 82,358 589,239 Sep : 64,717 653,956 Oct : 62,023 715,979 Nov : 54,261 770,240 Dec : 46,671 816,911 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Dairy Products: Production by Product and Month, United States, 1995-96 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :----------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1996 : : : 1996 Month : 1995 : 1996 :as % of: 1995 : 1996 :as % of : : : 1995 : : : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Gallons Percent 1,000 Gallons Percent Ice Cream, Lowfat : Jan : 22,143 20,183 91 22,143 20,183 91 Feb : 22,159 21,237 96 44,302 41,420 93 Mar : 31,546 27,243 86 75,848 68,663 91 Apr : 29,922 105,770 May : 33,562 139,332 Jun : 38,689 178,021 Jul : 36,790 214,811 Aug : 37,173 251,984 Sep : 28,846 280,830 Oct : 27,161 307,991 Nov : 21,847 329,838 Dec : 20,015 349,853 : Sherbet, Hard : Jan : 3,205 3,451 108 3,205 3,451 108 Feb : 3,725 3,569 96 6,930 7,020 101 Mar : 4,446 4,129 93 11,376 11,149 98 Apr : 4,447 15,823 May : 5,025 20,848 Jun : 5,329 26,177 Jul : 5,145 31,322 Aug : 5,503 36,825 Sep : 4,131 40,956 Oct : 3,331 44,287 Nov : 3,051 47,338 Dec : 2,884 50,222 : Frozen Yogurt : Jan : 9,305 7,420 80 9,305 7,420 80 Feb : 11,333 9,314 82 20,638 16,734 81 Mar : 14,664 10,837 74 35,302 27,571 78 Apr : 12,763 48,065 May : 14,514 62,579 Jun : 16,393 78,972 Jul : 15,287 94,259 Aug : 16,088 110,347 Sep : 12,991 123,338 Oct : 11,845 135,183 Nov : 9,387 144,570 Dec : 7,012 151,582 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes all modified dry whey products. American Cheese: Production by State and United States, March 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 28,716 32,583 32,482 113 100 ID : 27,845 29,805 34,951 126 117 IA : 8,277 7,306 8,717 105 119 KS : 3,452 2,564 3,478 101 136 MN : 51,796 51,413 57,234 110 111 NY : 7,423 7,196 8,009 108 111 ND : 2,552 1,849 2,119 83 115 OH : 1,493 2,544 2,756 185 108 OR : 4,311 4,029 4,408 102 109 SD : 3,308 3,969 4,107 124 103 TN : 1,983 881 1,589 80 180 UT : 3,098 2,824 3,013 97 107 VT : 1,804 4,700 4,513 250 96 WA : 1,452 3,803 3,683 254 97 WI : 83,314 79,000 82,800 99 105 : Oth Sts 1/ : 38,721 36,358 38,692 100 106 : US : 269,545 270,824 292,551 109 108 : Atlantic : 12,859 14,148 15,309 119 108 E N Central : 87,428 82,992 87,040 100 105 W N Central : 75,497 71,011 80,017 106 113 S Central : 15,612 12,777 15,097 97 118 West : 78,149 89,896 95,088 122 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States not shown when fewer than 3 plants reported or individual plant operations could be disclosed. Mozzarella Cheese: Production by State and United States, March 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 37,581 40,039 43,226 115 108 MI : 7,249 7,995 8,752 121 109 NY : 15,742 16,752 18,097 115 108 PA : 18,237 19,885 18,890 104 95 WI : 57,187 49,700 57,000 100 115 : Oth Sts 1/ : 42,421 49,655 48,984 115 99 : US : 178,417 184,026 194,949 109 106 : Atlantic : 40,571 42,073 43,473 107 103 E N Central : 66,680 59,652 67,951 102 114 W N Central : 22,306 19,827 21,298 95 107 West : 47,256 62,474 62,227 132 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States not shown when fewer than 3 plants reported or individual plant operations could be disclosed. Butter: Production by State and United States, March 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 32,240 29,642 28,733 89 97 MI : 2,161 1,737 2,550 118 147 MN : 4,528 4,543 5,876 130 129 NY : 2,685 2,575 2,658 99 103 ND : 462 356 365 79 103 OR : 1,512 1,850 1,400 93 76 PA : 7,813 8,700 7,890 101 91 WA : 9,056 7,754 6,219 69 80 WI : 26,296 25,800 27,200 103 105 : Oth Sts 1/ : 40,585 35,131 30,186 74 86 : US : 127,338 118,088 113,077 89 96 : N Atlantic : 14,645 14,328 13,276 91 93 S Atlantic : 4,683 5,233 4,788 102 91 E N Central : 36,729 34,522 36,281 99 105 W N Central : 14,231 12,608 11,831 83 94 S Central : 10,821 10,175 8,780 81 86 West : 46,229 41,222 38,121 82 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States not shown when fewer than 3 plants reported or individual plant operations could be disclosed. Nonfat Dry Milk, Human: Production by State and United States, March 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 34,431 32,925 39,946 116 121 IA : 5,066 4,356 4,969 98 114 MI : 4,584 3,577 4,392 96 123 MN : 3,285 1,486 1,247 38 84 NY : 2,413 2,509 2,242 93 89 ND : 156 TN : 1,985 643 712 36 111 WA : 18,387 13,970 15,686 85 112 WI : 5,176 3,900 4,200 81 108 : Oth Sts 1/ : 43,243 29,601 36,635 85 124 : US : 118,726 92,967 110,029 93 118 : Atlantic : 20,205 16,615 18,767 93 113 E N Central : 12,139 8,262 9,745 80 118 W N Central : 15,307 9,609 10,800 71 112 S Central : 13,313 8,254 9,338 70 113 West : 57,762 50,227 61,379 106 122 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States not shown when fewer than 3 plants reported or individual plant operations could be disclosed. Ice Cream, Hard: Production by State and United States, March 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- 1,000 Gallons --------- --- Percent -- : AZ : 612 605 762 125 126 AR : 322 417 339 105 81 CA : 10,090 7,588 8,595 85 113 CO : 945 831 924 98 111 FL : 2,420 1,800 1,961 81 109 GA : 772 894 1,025 133 115 ID : 586 539 572 98 106 IL : 3,025 2,225 3,400 112 153 IN : 3,966 4,078 3,456 87 85 KS : 232 209 218 94 104 MD : 1,531 1,263 1,502 98 119 MA : 2,789 3,840 4,110 147 107 MI : 2,039 1,787 1,853 91 104 MN : 3,471 3,306 3,322 96 100 MO : 1,063 835 890 84 107 NM : 477 299 299 63 100 NY : 2,707 2,400 2,600 96 108 NC : 2,336 1,669 2,182 93 131 ND : 60 74 85 142 115 OH : 4,173 3,000 3,300 79 110 OR : 740 680 800 108 118 PA : 6,372 3,900 5,495 86 141 SC : 1,316 432 759 58 176 TN : 1,044 874 1,047 100 120 TX : 3,911 3,447 3,431 88 100 UT : 1,329 794 996 75 125 WA : 1,912 1,398 1,438 75 103 WI : 719 610 680 95 111 : Oth Sts 1/ : 12,508 11,078 10,790 86 97 : US : 73,467 60,872 66,831 91 110 : N Atlantic : 14,874 13,393 15,041 101 112 S Atlantic : 9,932 6,978 8,350 84 120 E N Central : 13,922 11,700 12,689 91 108 W N Central : 9,444 8,607 8,886 94 103 S Central : 8,301 7,323 7,303 88 100 West : 16,994 12,871 14,562 86 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States not shown when fewer than 3 plants reported or individual plant operations could be disclosed. Canned Milk and Dry Milk Products: Manufacturers' Shipments, Stocks, and Selling Prices, March 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :------------------- Product : 1995 : 1996 1/ : 1996 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Manufacturers' Shipments 2/ : -------- 1,000 Pounds -------- --- Percent --- : Dry Whole Milk : 13,548 8,086 5,311 39 66 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 104,680 68,313 79,820 76 117 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 852 619 718 84 116 Dry Buttermilk, Human : 5,156 3,143 2,872 56 91 : : : Manufacturers' Stocks End-of-Month 3/ : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- --- Percent --- Canned Evaporated and : Condensed Whole Milk : 70,534 39,197 43,262 61 110 Dry Whole Milk : 15,199 8,557 9,809 65 115 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 97,525 80,018 98,399 101 123 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 1,710 931 1,033 60 111 Dry Buttermilk, Total : 7,032 4,448 5,250 75 118 : : : Manufacturers' Selling Prices 4/ : ------ Cents per Pound ------ Cents Change : Dry Whole Milk : 114.15 117.29 116.68 2.53 -.61 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 105.35 109.70 108.26 2.91 -1.44 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 51.19 52.79 58.51 7.32 5.72 Dry Buttermilk, Human : 88.27 94.84 92.64 4.37 -2.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ For dry products, shipments of bulk goods only. 3/ Stocks held by manufacturers at all points and in transit. 4/ Prices for bulk goods, f.o.b. plant. Average monthly prices reported by firms, weighted by shipments of each firm. Procedures and Reliability: Estimates included in this report are based on data provided each month by manufacturers of these products. In 32 States, the State Departments of Agriculture assist in collection of data, which eliminates duplicate reporting and reduces respondent burden. Data are collected by mail, personal and telephone interviews following the close of each month. There were 1,495 manufacturers that made one or more products in 1995. Each month, reports are generally received from all dairy plants in States with small numbers of plants. In States with large numbers of plants, survey procedures are designed to obtain monthly reports from all large plants and from a sample of small plants. Monthly estimates are based upon returns from about 70 percent of the plants which account for 70 to 90 percent of the total production of major dairy products. 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