HDR1012000160010502971500DAIRY PRODUCTS Dairy Products National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released May 2, 1997, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. March 1997 Highlights American type cheese production totaled 284 million pounds, slightly below March 1996 but 6 percent above February 1997. Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 637 million pounds, 2 percent above March 1996 and 11 percent above February 1997. Creamed cottage cheese production was 33.4 million pounds, 10 percent above March 1996 and 20 percent above February 1997. Lowfat cottage cheese production was 29.7 million pounds, 6 percent above March 1996 and 11 percent above February 1997. Butter production was 102 million pounds in March, 9 percent below March 1996 and 6 percent below February 1997. Frozen desserts: (comparisons with March 1996) Ice cream, Regular (hard) --- 72.4 million gallons, up 6 percent. Ice cream, Lowfat (total) --- 31.3 million gallons, down 2 percent. Ice cream, Nonfat (hard) --- 2.53 million gallons, down 28 percent. Sherbet (hard) --- 4.11 million gallons, down 3 percent. Frozen Yogurt (total) --- 8.56 million gallons, down 21 percent. Dry milk products: (comparisons with March 1996) Nonfat dry milk for human food --- 111 million pounds, up 5 percent. Dry whole milk --- 9.52 million pounds, down 18 percent. Dry buttermilk --- 4.31 million pounds, down 18 percent. 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 For example, if North Atlantic can not be published, then it will be combined with South Atlantic to publish Atlantic.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 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :----------------- Product : 1996 : 1997 1/ : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent : Butter : 111,937 108,259 102,272 91 94 Cheese : American Types 2/ : 284,675 266,818 284,110 100 106 Cheddar : 226,096 208,135 220,312 97 106 Swiss : 17,731 15,705 16,831 95 107 Brick and Muenster : 9,406 7,619 9,065 96 119 Cream and Neufchatel : 46,945 40,395 51,917 111 129 Blue : 3,137 3,290 3,589 114 109 Hispanic : 6,055 5,866 5,780 95 99 Mozzarella : 196,355 184,700 202,614 103 110 Other Italian Types : 52,556 42,635 53,626 102 126 Total Italian Types : 248,911 227,335 256,240 103 113 All Other Types 3/ : 8,540 7,589 9,493 111 125 Total : 625,400 574,617 637,025 102 111 Cottage Cheese, Curd 4/ : 37,758 35,467 36,931 98 104 Cottage Cheese, Creamed 5/ : 30,203 27,807 33,371 110 120 Cottage Cheese, Lowfat 6/ : 27,930 26,731 29,676 106 111 Canned Evaporated and : Condensed Whole Milk : 34,987 31,509 42,066 120 134 Dry Whole Milk : 11,668 10,328 9,515 82 92 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 105,442 91,984 111,169 105 121 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 596 315 474 80 150 Dry Buttermilk : 5,254 4,643 4,307 82 93 Yogurt, Plain & Flavored : 151,509 127,305 138,373 91 109 : : ------- 1,000 Gallons ------ Percent Frozen Products : Ice Cream, Hard : 68,258 63,204 72,385 106 115 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Hard : 10,030 8,618 11,268 112 131 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Soft : 21,922 14,883 20,072 92 135 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Total : 31,952 23,501 31,340 98 133 Ice Cream, Nonfat, Hard : 3,541 2,687 2,533 72 94 Sherbet, Hard : 4,245 3,611 4,106 97 114 Water and Juice Ices : 5,987 5,260 5,750 96 109 Frozen Yogurt, Total : 10,815 8,034 8,559 79 107 Regular & Lowfat, Hard : 4,935 3,656 3,781 77 103 Nonfat, Hard : 2,101 1,787 2,426 115 136 Other Frozen Dairy : Products : 1,078 915 1,145 106 125 : Mix for Frozen Products : Ice Cream Mix : 37,558 34,212 39,948 106 117 Ice Cream, Lowfat, Mix : 18,334 14,458 19,312 105 134 Ice Cream, Nonfat, Mix : 2,156 1,347 1,532 71 114 Sherbet Mix : 3,125 2,827 2,860 92 101 Yogurt Mix : 6,845 5,085 5,417 79 107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Includes Cheddar, Colby, washed curd, stirred curd, Monterey, and Jack. 3/ Does not include Part Skim cheese beginning January 1996 or Hispanic cheese beginning June 1996. 4/ Mostly used for processing into creamed or lowfat cottage cheese. 5/ Fat content 4 percent or more. 6/ Fat content less than 4 percent. Whey and Modified Whey Products: Production, Stocks, and Prices, United States, March, 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------- Product : 1996 : 1997 1/ : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Production : ------ 1,000 Pounds ------ Percent Condensed Whey, Solids Content 2/ : Sweet-Type, Human : 9,873 10,419 10,278 104 99 Sweet-Type, Animal : 2,017 2,117 1,971 98 93 Dry Whey Products : Dry Whey, Human : 93,273 81,806 92,025 99 112 Dry Whey, Animal : 5,098 5,138 5,340 105 104 Reduced Lactose and Minerals : Human Food : 7,591 5,618 5,981 79 106 Animal Feed : 1,451 2,309 2,504 173 108 Lactose, Human and Animal : 31,293 34,709 35,028 112 101 Whey : Solids in Wet Blends, Animal : 4,976 6,337 5,206 105 82 Protein Concentrate, Human : 22,659 24,122 23,877 105 99 Protein Concentrate, Animal : 2,882 2,656 2,782 97 105 : : Manufacturers' Stocks End-of-Month 3/ : ------ 1,000 Pounds ------ Percent Dry Whey Products : Dry Whey, Human : 35,914 28,751 32,200 90 112 Dry Whey, Animal : 4,006 3,698 4,182 104 113 Reduced Lactose and Minerals : Human and Animal 4/ : 9,021 6,972 12,834 142 184 Lactose, Human and Animal : 20,020 17,425 19,559 98 112 Whey Protein Concentrate, Human : 8,026 7,089 8,766 109 124 Whey Protein Concentrate, Animal : 544 537 540 99 101 : : Manufacturers' Selling Price 5/ : ---- Cents per Pound --- Cents Change : Dry Whey, Human : 21.7 19.1 20.0 -1.7 .9 Dry Whey, Animal : 21.2 18.3 19.5 -1.7 1.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :-------------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1997 : : : 1997 Month : 1996 : 1997 : as % of : 1996 : 1997 :as % of : : : 1996 : : : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent --- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent Butter : Jan : 132,408 123,966 94 132,408 123,966 94 Feb : 114,734 108,259 94 247,142 232,225 94 Mar : 111,937 102,272 91 359,079 334,497 93 Apr : 109,345 468,424 May : 100,914 569,338 Jun : 72,716 642,054 Jul : 75,175 717,229 Aug : 73,217 790,446 Sep : 80,743 871,189 Oct : 96,623 967,812 Nov : 95,343 1,063,155 Dec : 111,320 1,174,475 : American Cheese : Jan : 275,726 278,873 101 275,726 278,873 101 Feb : 266,815 266,818 100 542,541 545,691 101 Mar : 284,675 284,110 100 827,216 829,801 100 Apr : 278,037 1,105,253 May : 302,187 1,407,440 Jun : 278,510 1,685,950 Jul : 269,320 1,955,270 Aug : 262,260 2,217,530 Sep : 254,489 2,472,019 Oct : 266,208 2,738,227 Nov : 262,203 3,000,430 Dec : 280,369 3,280,799 : Italian Cheese : Jan : 234,299 233,867 100 234,299 233,867 100 Feb : 230,311 227,335 99 464,610 461,202 99 Mar : 248,911 256,240 103 713,521 717,442 101 Apr : 238,601 952,122 May : 239,149 1,191,271 Jun : 223,238 1,414,509 Jul : 225,012 1,639,521 Aug : 231,172 1,870,693 Sep : 231,391 2,102,084 Oct : 234,731 2,336,815 Nov : 230,654 2,567,469 Dec : 244,928 2,812,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Dairy Products: Production by Product and Month, United States, 1996-97 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :-------------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1997 : : : 1997 Month : 1996 : 1997 : as % of : 1996 : 1997 :as % of : : : 1996 : : : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent --- 1,000 Pounds --- Percent Total Cheese : Jan : 589,952 596,052 101 589,952 596,052 101 Feb : 576,024 574,617 100 1,165,976 1,170,669 100 Mar : 625,400 637,025 102 1,791,376 1,807,694 101 Apr : 606,017 2,397,393 May : 636,544 3,033,937 Jun : 595,823 3,629,760 Jul : 582,210 4,211,970 Aug : 589,483 4,801,453 Sep : 584,468 5,385,921 Oct : 612,242 5,998,163 Nov : 595,495 6,593,658 Dec : 623,886 7,217,544 : Nonfat Dry Milk, : Human : Jan : 97,413 97,288 100 97,413 97,288 100 Feb : 93,091 91,984 99 190,504 189,272 99 Mar : 105,442 111,169 105 295,946 300,441 102 Apr : 116,790 412,736 May : 114,445 527,181 Jun : 94,341 621,522 Jul : 78,849 700,371 Aug : 61,427 761,798 Sep : 56,034 817,832 Oct : 65,690 883,522 Nov : 76,732 960,254 Dec : 101,517 1,061,771 : Total Dry Whey 1/: Jan : 94,663 92,568 98 94,663 92,568 98 Feb : 94,917 86,944 92 189,580 179,512 95 Mar : 98,371 97,365 99 287,951 276,877 96 Apr : 99,674 387,625 May : 100,853 488,478 Jun : 98,053 586,531 Jul : 95,368 681,899 Aug : 93,238 775,137 Sep : 86,030 861,167 Oct : 87,603 948,770 Nov : 78,765 1,027,535 Dec : 88,979 1,116,514 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Dairy Products: Production by Product and Month, United States, 1996-97 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :-------------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1997 : : : 1997 Month : 1996 : 1997 : as % of : 1996 : 1997 :as % of : : : 1996 : : : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Percent -- 1,000 Pounds -- Percent Cream Cottage : Cheese : Jan : 29,524 28,672 97 29,524 28,672 97 Feb : 29,167 27,807 95 58,691 56,479 96 Mar : 30,203 33,371 110 88,894 89,850 101 Apr : 29,365 118,259 May : 31,940 150,199 Jun : 29,813 180,012 Jul : 32,230 212,242 Aug : 32,058 244,300 Sep : 30,607 274,907 Oct : 30,662 305,569 Nov : 27,864 333,433 Dec : 26,980 360,413 : Lowfat Cottage : Cheese : Jan : 25,843 26,851 104 25,843 26,851 104 Feb : 26,672 26,731 100 52,515 53,582 102 Mar : 27,930 29,676 106 80,445 83,258 103 Apr : 28,295 108,740 May : 29,113 137,853 Jun : 27,375 165,228 Jul : 30,250 195,478 Aug : 29,428 224,906 Sep : 28,290 253,196 Oct : 27,118 280,314 Nov : 25,537 305,851 Dec : 24,039 329,890 : : 1,000 Gallons Percent 1,000 Gallons Percent Ice Cream, Hard : Jan : 56,419 58,621 104 56,419 58,621 104 Feb : 62,337 63,204 101 118,756 121,825 103 Mar : 68,258 72,385 106 187,014 194,210 104 Apr : 74,011 261,025 May : 79,862 340,887 Jun : 85,562 426,449 Jul : 86,931 513,380 Aug : 77,490 590,870 Sep : 67,962 658,832 Oct : 62,395 721,227 Nov : 50,905 772,132 Dec : 53,106 825,238 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Dairy Products: Production by Product and Month, United States, 1996-97 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : By Month : Cumulative Product :----------------------------------------------------------- and : : : 1997 : : : 1997 Month : 1996 : 1997 :as % of: 1996 : 1997 :as % of : : : 1996 : : : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Gallons Percent 1,000 Gallons Percent Ice Cream, Lowfat : Jan : 23,291 23,205 100 23,291 23,205 100 Feb : 24,704 23,501 95 47,995 46,706 97 Mar : 31,952 31,340 98 79,947 78,046 98 Apr : 33,111 113,058 May : 36,495 149,553 Jun : 38,647 188,200 Jul : 39,578 227,778 Aug : 36,666 264,444 Sep : 29,763 294,207 Oct : 27,135 321,342 Nov : 23,452 344,794 Dec : 21,332 366,126 : Ice Cream, NF, Hard : Jan : 2,383 2,117 89 2,383 2,117 89 Feb : 2,679 2,687 100 5,062 4,804 95 Mar : 3,541 2,533 72 8,603 7,337 85 Apr : 3,148 11,751 May : 3,488 15,239 Jun : 3,402 18,641 Jul : 3,828 22,469 Aug : 3,244 25,713 Sep : 3,087 28,800 Oct : 2,832 31,632 Nov : 1,836 33,468 Dec : 1,722 35,190 : Sherbet, Hard : Jan : 3,489 3,331 95 3,489 3,331 95 Feb : 3,587 3,611 101 7,076 6,942 98 Mar : 4,245 4,106 97 11,321 11,048 98 Apr : 4,526 15,847 May : 4,919 20,766 Jun : 5,113 25,879 Jul : 5,704 31,583 Aug : 4,975 36,558 Sep : 3,649 40,207 Oct : 3,440 43,647 Nov : 2,765 46,412 Dec : 3,081 49,493 : Frozen Yogurt : Jan : 8,538 6,467 76 8,538 6,467 76 Feb : 9,295 8,034 86 17,833 14,501 81 Mar : 10,815 8,559 79 28,648 23,060 80 Apr : 11,308 39,956 May : 11,841 51,797 Jun : 10,949 62,746 Jul : 12,321 75,067 Aug : 11,205 86,272 Sep : 9,480 95,752 Oct : 8,502 104,254 Nov : 7,205 111,459 Dec : 6,672 118,131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes all modified dry whey products. American Cheese: Production by State and United States, March 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 25,564 39,016 37,890 148 97 ID : 32,216 30,445 34,815 108 114 IA : 8,958 8,074 8,732 97 108 KS : 3,477 2,685 2,857 82 106 MN : 57,234 46,464 47,978 84 103 NY : 7,995 8,060 8,331 104 103 ND : 2,120 1,643 1,684 79 102 OH : 2,756 2,477 2,475 90 100 SD : 4,107 3,972 4,117 100 104 TN : 1,589 2,175 2,051 129 94 UT : 3,010 2,985 3,028 101 101 WA : 3,683 4,590 4,997 136 109 WI : 85,347 75,000 81,500 95 109 : Oth Sts 1/ : 46,619 39,232 43,655 94 111 : US : 284,675 266,818 284,110 100 106 : Atlantic : 15,106 11,639 12,649 84 109 E N Central : 89,472 78,785 85,441 95 108 W N Central : 80,267 67,480 70,683 88 105 S Central : 14,393 13,403 13,554 94 101 West : 85,437 95,511 101,783 119 107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 44,454 43,245 48,212 108 111 ID : 289 602 323 112 54 NY : 17,977 16,110 18,481 103 115 PA : 18,890 18,855 20,079 106 106 VT : 4,499 3,791 3,857 86 102 WI : 56,370 51,500 58,000 103 113 : Oth Sts 1/ : 53,876 50,597 53,662 100 106 : US : 196,355 184,700 202,614 103 110 : Atlantic : 44,353 40,189 44,786 101 111 E N Central : 67,249 60,246 68,891 102 114 W N Central : 21,298 17,968 19,217 90 107 West : 63,455 66,297 69,720 110 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 28,445 25,960 23,597 83 91 MI : 2,169 1,500 2,030 94 135 MN : 5,893 5,068 6,547 111 129 NY : 2,660 2,404 2,260 85 94 ND : 365 331 291 80 88 OR : 1,332 2,300 2,130 160 93 PA : 7,892 5,731 6,850 87 120 WA : 6,219 7,791 8,046 129 103 WI : 26,776 29,000 25,000 93 86 : Oth Sts 1/ : 30,186 28,174 25,521 85 91 : US : 111,937 108,259 102,272 91 94 : N Atlantic : 13,413 11,199 11,635 87 104 S Atlantic : 4,788 4,447 4,692 98 106 E N Central : 35,476 37,092 33,363 94 90 W N Central : 11,715 9,752 11,147 95 114 S Central : 8,780 8,309 6,753 77 81 West : 37,765 37,460 34,682 92 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- --- Percent -- : CA : 34,360 36,062 45,784 133 127 IA : 4,969 4,860 5,841 118 120 MI : 4,392 1,362 2,740 62 201 MN : 1,497 720 872 58 121 NM : 712 3,202 2,705 380 84 NY : 2,252 1,543 1,915 85 124 TN : 712 WA : 15,686 12,913 15,377 98 119 WI : 4,146 865 1,115 27 129 : Oth Sts 1/ : 36,716 30,457 34,820 95 114 : US : 105,442 91,984 111,169 105 121 : Atlantic : 18,778 19,263 21,745 116 113 E N Central : 9,771 3,414 5,278 54 155 W N Central : 11,050 6,856 8,155 74 119 S Central : 9,338 5,263 6,308 68 120 West : 56,505 57,188 69,683 123 122 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------------- State : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- 1,000 Gallons --------- --- Percent -- : AZ : 762 333 423 56 127 AR : 339 287 301 89 105 CA : 8,615 7,489 9,195 107 123 FL : 2,339 1,400 1,575 67 113 GA : 1,029 736 1,018 99 138 ID : 573 473 460 80 97 IL : 3,307 2,911 3,374 102 116 IN : 3,251 5,081 6,626 204 130 KS : 218 259 197 90 76 KY : 364 336 397 109 118 ME : 117 47 150 128 319 MD : 1,788 1,530 1,743 97 114 MA : 4,024 3,673 4,175 104 114 MI : 2,087 1,650 2,035 98 123 MN : 3,323 3,274 3,734 112 114 MO : 1,179 920 1,165 99 127 NM : 556 230 235 42 102 NY : 2,736 2,100 2,500 91 119 NC : 2,182 1,586 1,981 91 125 ND : 85 72 78 92 108 OH : 3,322 2,800 3,000 90 107 OR : 829 680 800 97 118 PA : 4,215 3,749 4,800 114 128 SC : 909 852 1,090 120 128 TN : 1,064 864 1,186 111 137 TX : 3,435 3,723 4,037 118 108 UT : 996 797 885 89 111 VT : 1,012 743 840 83 113 WA : 1,438 1,512 1,963 137 130 WI : 666 600 725 109 121 : Oth Sts 1/ : 11,498 12,497 11,697 102 94 : US : 68,258 63,204 72,385 106 115 : N Atlantic : 14,453 12,974 15,084 104 116 S Atlantic : 9,169 7,016 8,259 90 118 E N Central : 12,633 13,042 15,760 125 121 W N Central : 9,202 9,689 9,465 103 98 S Central : 7,268 6,870 7,658 105 111 West : 15,533 13,613 16,159 104 119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :------------------- Product : 1996 : 1997 1/ : 1997 : Mar : Feb : : : : 1996 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Manufacturers' Shipments 2/ : -------- 1,000 Pounds -------- --- Percent --- : Dry Whole Milk : 5,311 7,302 6,519 123 89 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 79,835 84,406 96,490 121 114 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 720 324 673 93 208 Dry Buttermilk, Human : 2,872 3,040 2,872 100 94 : : Manufacturers' Stocks End-of-Month 3/ : -------- 1,000 Pounds -------- --- Percent --- Canned Evaporated and : Condensed Whole Milk : 43,445 21,579 25,718 59 119 Dry Whole Milk : 9,809 4,770 5,203 53 109 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 98,399 71,577 80,345 82 112 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 1,033 767 681 66 89 Dry Buttermilk, Total : 5,250 2,560 3,089 59 121 : : Manufacturers' Selling Prices 4/ : ------- Cents per Pound ------ Cents Change : Dry Whole Milk : 116.68 119.99 123.97 7.29 3.98 Nonfat Dry Milk, Human : 107.91 111.26 113.30 5.39 2.04 Dry Skim Milk, Animal : 58.21 56.36 54.00 -4.21 -2.36 Dry Buttermilk, Human : 92.64 94.24 102.28 9.64 8.04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,420 manufacturers that made one or more products in 1996. 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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