Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 912 million pounds, 1.8 percent above November 2011 but 1.8 percent below October 2012.

Italian type cheese production totaled 383 million pounds, 0.5 percent below November 2011 and 1.2 percent below October 2012.

American type cheese production totaled 362 million pounds, 3.8 percent above November 2011 but 2.1 percent below October 2012.

Butter production was 144 million pounds, 6.0 percent below November 2011 and 0.8 percent below October 2012.

Dry milk powders (comparisons with November 2011) Nonfat dry milk, human - 116 million pounds, down 3.8 percent. Skim milk powders - 44.7 million pounds, up 13.0 percent.

Whey products (comparisons with November 2011) Dry whey, total - 71.5 million pounds, down 7.8 percent. Lactose, human and animal - 80.5 million pounds, down 1.5 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total - 36.5 million pounds, down 0.8 percent.

Frozen products (comparisons with November 2011) Ice cream, regular (hard) - 54.0 million gallons, up 1.9 percent. Ice cream, lowfat (total) - 25.0 million gallons, down 11.0 percent.
Sherbet (hard) - 2.57 million gallons, down 1.8 percent. Frozen yogurt (total) - 3.45 million gallons, down 11.3 percent.

Source: USDA