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US: Cheese 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 annual cheese production in the US and wholesale market price trends, as recorded by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and converted into Euros, over a given time period;
  • two graphs showing the annual and the cumulative monthly Cheese production trend in the EU-28 and U.S.

N.B.:

We highlight the situation in the US for a number of reasons:
  1. more than 25% of the world's cheese production is located in the United States and the industry is enjoying continuous growth;
  2. with more milk available than anywhere else in the world (and therefore a guaranteed constant supply throughout the year) and thanks to considerable investment in research and development, the US cheese industry is able to cope with the growing demand from both the national and international markets;
  3. an appetite for new product varieties allows the American industry greater market share with more than 400 types of cheese. This selection ranges from the more common varieties (Mozzarella, Cheddar, Cream Cheese) to the most famous original American cheese, Monterey Jack.
Cheese production is concentrated in the following areas of the US:
  • Wisconsin is the largest producer, representing more than 25 percent of domestic production,
  • Northeastern States, California and the Northwest (Washington and Idaho),
  • finally, in the South, Texas and New Mexico, with the brand new Clovis site, North America's largest cheddar cheese production plant.

(May 2010)
Visit the page: Cheese Stocks - US
Month 2008 2013 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 ± % on
2022 		± % on
2021
January 819.441 931.691 1.103.315 1.116.768 1.123.720 1.143.106 1.172.006 1.209.012(p) +3,2% +5,8%
February 789.472 848.680 997.123 1.003.603 1.032.048 1.047.673 1.105.338
March 840.668 954.265 1.112.430 1.121.984 1.120.290 1.183.382 1.210.085
April 819.096 929.785 1.079.128 1.084.774 1.050.274 1.154.601 1.158.689
May 835.655 943.925 1.085.293 1.105.607 1.099.121 1.163.223 1.184.113
June 814.774 912.058 1.065.785 1.069.260 1.119.446 1.126.772 1.152.476
July 821.145 893.858 1.086.833 1.087.613 1.109.383 1.145.699 1.151.219
August 826.468 931.669 1.086.733 1.113.496 1.089.981 1.148.755 1.150.434
September 808.486 899.185 1.058.808 1.080.527 1.103.227 1.134.384 1.140.031
October 849.649 954.771 1.153.953 1.137.950 1.135.621 1.152.102 1.171.040
November 826.878 922.468 1.095.802 1.093.182 1.101.813 1.130.406 1.153.661
December 861.096 979.314 1.112.173 1.122.522 1.154.716 1.176.463 1.194.571
Jan 819.441 931.691 1.103.315 1.116.768 1.123.720 1.143.106 1.172.006 1.209.012
% y-o-y ¹ +15,5% +13,7% +18,4% +1,2% +0,6% +1,7% +2,5% +3,2%
Total Year 9.912.828 11.101.669 13.037.376 13.137.286 13.239.640 13.706.566 13.943.663
% y-o-y ¹ +15,8% +12,0% +17,4% +0,8% +0,8% +3,5% +1,7%
Last Update: 04-03-2023
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2008, 2013, 2018, 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
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