date:May 27, 2013
from April 2012.
Natural cheese stocks on April 30 were 1,120,241,000 lbs, up 1% from March and up 4% from April 2012. Butter stocks totaled 310,660,000 lbs, up 22% from both March 2013 and April 2012.
Frozen red meat supplies totaled 1,235,978,000 lbs, up 5% from March and up 3% from April 2012. Frozen pork stocks were 698,816,000 lbs, a record high, and up 8% from March and up 6% from April 2012. Beef stocks in freezers totaled 510,010,000 lbs, down slightly from 511,233,000 lbs in March and