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Contact:  Joseph Morse
Thursday, April 28, 2011

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                                    NEW YORK CHEESE PRODUCTION INCREASES


Total cheese production in New York, excluding cottage cheese, totaled 743 million pounds in 
2010 according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, 
New York Field office.  This is a 1.9 percent increase from the previous year.  Italian cheese, 
which accounted for 51 percent of New York’s total cheese output, at 367 million pounds, was 
down 3.6 percent.  Total cottage cheese production at 303 million pounds was down 2 percent 
from 2009. 

Total U.S. cheese production, excluding cottage cheeses, was 10.4 billion pounds, 3.6 percent 
above 2009 production. Wisconsin was the leading State with 25.0 percent of the production. 
Italian varieties, with 4.42 billion pounds were 5.8 percent above 2009 production and accounted 
for 42.4 percent of total cheese in 2010. Mozzarella accounted for 78.9 percent of the Italian 
production followed by Provolone with 8.0 percent and Ricotta with 5.9 percent. California was 
the leading State in Italian cheese production with 31.1 percent of the production.  American type 
cheese production was 4.28 billion pounds, 1.7 percent above 2009 and accounted for 41.0 
percent of total cheese in 2010. Wisconsin was the leading State in American type cheese 
production with 19.5 percent of the production.  Details on this report and free email 
subscriptions can be found at www.nass.usda.gov.

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