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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 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 ± % on
2024 		± % on
2023
January 842.519 994.051 1.123.720 1.142.952 1.182.183 1.222.785 1.200.917 1.220.583 +1,6% -0,2%
February 778.965 896.718 1.032.048 1.046.237 1.094.459 1.116.128 1.139.985 1.114.817(p) -2,2% -0,1%
March 895.269 1.012.958 1.120.290 1.181.072 1.233.759 1.224.820 1.223.777
April 864.579 977.295 1.050.274 1.153.280 1.176.234 1.165.123 1.188.261
May 881.106 988.244 1.099.121 1.163.075 1.206.490 1.204.162 1.210.254
June 883.280 976.094 1.119.446 1.126.512 1.168.340 1.178.410 1.159.745
July 878.010 1.001.992 1.109.383 1.145.473 1.172.601 1.168.945 1.191.591
August 871.241 979.016 1.089.981 1.147.331 1.148.642 1.177.853 1.196.864
September 873.206 965.502 1.103.227 1.133.017 1.153.165 1.159.521 1.160.964
October 882.209 1.018.031 1.135.621 1.170.740 1.188.281 1.214.264 1.226.886
November 884.484 986.421 1.101.813 1.150.063 1.158.392 1.171.266 1.153.690
December 908.529 1.035.073 1.154.716 1.201.275 1.201.936 1.207.714 1.202.385
Jan-Feb 1.621.484 1.890.769 2.155.768 2.189.189 2.276.642 2.338.913 2.340.902 2.335.400
% y-o-y ¹ +11,3% +16,6% +14,0% +1,6% +4,0% +2,7% +0,1% -0,2%
Total Year 10.443.397 11.831.395 13.239.640 13.761.027 14.084.482 14.210.991 14.255.319
% y-o-y ¹ +14,1% +13,3% +11,9% +3,9% +2,4% +0,9% +0,3%
Last Update: 05-04-2025
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2010, 2015, 2020, 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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