CONSIDERATIONS UPON MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCT PRODUCTION IN THE U.S.A.

Abstract

The paper aimed to present the evolution of milk production and dairy products in
the USA during the period 2004-2006, based on USDA Statistics. The USA is a top
produce of milk and dairy products in the world. Milk production accounted for
181,798 Millions Pounds in the year 2006. Its continuously increase during the
last years has been positively influenced by the increasing number of dairy cows
and average milk yield . The top states are California, Wisconsin, New York,
Idaho and Pennsylvania, which all together achieve about 54 % of the country
milk production. Over 99.37 % of Milk Production is marketed. Considering all
milk marketings, Million USD 23,422 cash receiptscould be obtained from a dairy
farm in the year 2006. The average return per Cwt was about USD 13 in 2006 .
Milk is processed by about 1,000 manufacturing plants in a large variety of dairy
products. Cheese production was about 9.5 Billion Pounds in the last analyzed
years. The US also produces important amounts of butter , yogurt, ice cream etc.
About 8.3 % of the US dairy products are exported, the most markets being Japan,
Mexico and Canada.