Milk Production and Manufactured Dairy Products statistics



ITEM	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


Number of farms with milk cows	1,000	648	592	539	497	470	444	416	394	375	349	334	320	308	298	282	269	249	228	216	203	193	181	171	157	148	140	131	124	117	111
Cows and heifers that have calved,
kept for milk, ¹	Mil. head	13.3	11.8	11.7	11.4	11.2	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.1	10.8	11.0	10.8	10.3	10.2	10.0	10.0	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.2	9.2
Milk produced on farms	Bil. lb	117	116	117	119	120	115	120	123	121	123	128	133	136	140	135	143	143	143	145	144	148	148	151	151	154	155	154	156	157	163
Production per cow	1,000 lb	9.8	10.0	10.3	10.1	10.3	10.4	10.9	11.2	11.2	11.5	11.9	12.2	12.3	12.6	12.5	13.0	13.3	13.8	14.2	14.3	14.8	15.0	15.6	15.7	16.2	16.4	16.4	16.9	17.2	17.8
Whole milk sold from farms ²	Bil. lb	113	115	116	112	112	112	117	120	119	121	126	130	133	137	132	141	141	140	143	142	146	146	149	149	152	154	153	155	156	161
Sales to plants and dealers	Bil. lb	110	112	114	110	110	110	115	118	117	119	125	129	132	136	131	139	140	139	142	141	145	145	148	148	151	152	151	153	155	(NA)
Value of milk produced	Bil. dol	6.8	7.0	7.4	8.3	9.7	10.2	11.7	12.0	13.0	14.9	16.9	18.4	18.6	19.1	18.3	18.4	18.0	18.0	17.9	19.6	20.4	18.3	20.0	19.5	20.2	20.1	23.0	21.1	24.3	23.4
Gross farm income, dairy products	Bil. dol	6.7	6.9	7.3	8.2	9.6	10.0	11.6	11.9	12.8	14.8	16.7	18.2	18.3	18.9	18.0	18.1	17.8	17.8	17.7	19.4	20.2	18.1	19.8	19.3	20.0	19.9	22.8	21.0	24.2	23.2
Cash receipts from marketing of milk and cream ²	Bil. dol	6.5	6.8	7.1	8.1	9.5	9.9	11.4	11.7	12.7	14.6	16.6	18.1	18.2	18.7	17.9	18.1	17.7	17.7	17.6	19.4	20.1	18.0	19.7	19.3	20.0	19.9	22.8	20.9	24.1	23.2
Sales to plants and dealers	Bil. dol	6.3	6.6	6.9	7.9	9.2	9.7	11.1	11.5	12.4	14.3	16.3	17.8	17.9	18.5	17.7	17.8	17.5	17.5	17.4	19.1	19.9	17.8	19.5	19.0	19.6	19.5	22.3	20.5	23.9	(NA)

Number of dairy manufacturing plants	Number	3,749	3,497	3,295	3,097	2,934	2,801	2,695	2,589	2,461	2,350	2,257	2,176	2,076	2,120	2,059	2,061	1,998	1,933	1,846	1,754	1,723	1,680	1,603	1,534	1,532	1,495	1,422	1,384	1,323	1,258
Manufactured dairy products:
Butter (incl. whey butter)	Mil. lb	1,137	1,144	1,102	919	962	984	979	1,086	994	985	1,145	1,229	1,257	1,299	1,103	1,248	1,202	1,104	1,208	1,295	1,302	1,336	1,365	1,315	1,296	1,264	1,174	1,151	1,168	1,275
Cheese, total ³	Mil. lb	2,201	2,374	2,605	2,685	2,937	2,811	3,320	3,359	3,520	3,717	3,984	4,298	4,542	4,819	4,674	5,081	5,209	5,344	5,572	5,615	6,059	6,055	6,488	6,528	6,735	6,917	7,218	7,330	7,492	7,944
American (excl. full-skim American)	Mil. lb	1,428	1,512	1,644	1,673	1,859	1,655	2,049	2,043	2,074	2,190	2,376	2,642	2,752	2,928	2,648	2,855	2,798	2,717	2,757	2,674	2,894	2,769	2,937	2,957	2,974	3,131	3,281	3,286	3,315	3,577
Swiss (including block)	Mil. lb	144	154	178	164	175	174	196	189	209	213	219	214	221	209	208	223	227	227	250	231	261	234	237	231	221	222	219	208	206	220
Muenster, Brick, and Limburger ⁴	Mil. lb	59	65	70	71	75	74	76	73	78	80	87	82	87	85	93	103	110	123	109	110	118	122	132	131	127	120	118	109	103	89
Cream and Neufchatel	Mil. lb	126	130	133	140	150	160	168	176	198	212	229	241	263	270	276	294	322	342	376	401	431	447	517	540	573	544	575	615	621	647
All Italian varieties	Mil. lb	394	454	512	565	606	672	747	793	876	929	983	994	1,088	1,200	1,319	1,491	1,633	1,800	1,937	2,043	2,207	2,329	2,509	2,495	2,626	2,674	2,812	2,881	3,005	3,143
Cottage cheese: Creamed ⁵	Mil. lb	978	1,004	1,013	958	856	862	875	878	871	840	825	773	749	743	736	716	705	945	938	873	832	819	787	748	731	711	690	706	728	722
Curd, pot, and bakers	Mil. lb	726	745	784	763	690	701	711	684	688	669	667	648	629	618	606	599	600	574	557	527	493	491	502	471	463	459	448	458	466	465
Condensed bulk milk	Mil. lb	1,237	1,241	1,214	1,115	964	1,041	1,044	1,091	987	975	952	972	975	1,013	1,159	1,232	1,362	1,383	1,364	1,417	1,426	1,530	1,624	1,605	1,593	1,372	1,270	1,275	1,263	1,365
Evaporated and condensed canned milk	Mil. lb	1,293	1,291	1,202	1,117	1,053	938	942	827	798	810	740	778	754	710	666	656	602	597	612	545	615	560	599	557	565	503	492	579	490	498
Dry whole milk	Mil. lb	69	72	75	78	68	63	78	69	75	85	83	93

1141. Milk Production and Manufactured Dairy Products