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US: butter production

This page contains:

  • a chart illustrating production trends over the last three years.
  • a table giving us an overview of monthly production, expressed in pounds, over a given period.
  • a chart comparing data for Butter Production in the US, Stocks and wholesale market Price trends, as recorded by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), over a given time period;

N.B.:
Historically speaking, US Butter supply has always been completely absorbed, in increasing quantities, by the domestic market - mainly by the confectionery and restaurant industry.

Butter processing plants in the US are becoming increasingly larger while the companies based in the Northwest are tending to branch out across the US in an increasingly widespread manner through the construction of new processing plants, particularly in the largest milk-producing States. This displacement has been made easier by lowered transport costs and a concentration of suppliers and customers in these areas.

The national and international butter market has been particularly affected by changes in consumer habits and this, on the one hand, is down to health reasons and dietary changes. On the other hand, it is also driven by the quest for authenticity and locally-produced produce.

Balancing the commodity surplus, US production adapts to these changing conditions.

(May 2010)

Month 2009 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 ± % on
2023
± % on
2022
January 176.662 184.030 199.041 204.948 222.263 196.236 201.347 214.240(p) +6,4% +9,2%
February 147.159 166.097 172.173 194.756 188.833 183.333 187.200
March 146.976 166.626 180.697 200.052 199.574 202.211 204.964
April 141.737 167.730 172.374 227.212 182.992 181.303 196.909
May 139.179 166.285 170.048 172.353 183.041 179.812 194.581
June 125.303 140.390 154.851 149.145 156.965 158.979 162.129
July 114.391 137.788 150.707 152.958 147.113 151.755 159.267
August 101.032 129.092 141.325 150.931 147.053 142.959 139.969
September 94.741 131.802 144.337 150.721 143.640 140.552 142.737
October 113.078 151.201 162.925 161.991 155.297 162.114 162.325
November 120.932 144.518 161.854 172.909 155.989 171.461 165.844
December 151.298 169.754 183.776 207.926 179.965 188.022 193.767
Jan 176.662 184.030 199.041 204.948 222.263 196.236 201.347 214.240
% y-o-y ¹ +36,6% +4,2% +8,2% +3,0% +8,4% -11,7% +2,6% +6,4%
Total Year 1.572.488 1.855.313 1.994.108 2.145.902 2.062.725 2.058.737 2.111.039
% y-o-y ¹ +26,1% +18,0% +7,5% +7,6% -3,9% -0,2% +2,5%
Last Update: 05-03-2024
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2009, 2014, 2019, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago
*: Conversion ratio: 1 Kg = 2.2046 lb
(p) = provisional
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
 
Min Production in the last 5 years
 
Max Production in the last 5 years