date:Jul 10, 2012
led 50,026,000 lbs, up 6% from April and up 59% from May 2011. Dry buttermilk stocks totaled 19,206,000 lbs, down 18% from April but up 7% from May 2011.
Butter production in May 2012 was 163,282,000 lbs, down 4% from April but up 5% from May 2011.
Total cheese production was 915,783,000 lbs, up 1% from April and up slightly from 912,486,000 lbs in May 2011.
Production of regular hard ice cream totaled 76,277,000 lbs, up 10% from April and up 6% from May 2011. Low-fat ice cream production was 41