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2000 Dairy Industry Fact Sheet
A two-page summary of the California Dairy Industry; updated annually.
Download Dairy Industry Fact Sheet 2000 (107K PDF)

Bi-annual and Annual Cost and Statistical Summaries
Summaries of milk production, cow numbers, milk utilization, sales, dairy product processing volumes, milk prices, milk production costs, manufacturing costs for butter, nonfat powder and Cheddar cheese, and ranch-to-plant and plant-to-plant hauling costs; updated annually.
Annual Cost and Statistical Summaries

Manufacturing Cost Exhibits
Raw cost data for California butter, nonfat powder and Cheddar cheese processing. Cost categories include labor, non-processing labor, packaging, return on investment, and general and administrative costs.
Download Manufacture Cost Exhibit 2002 (200K PDF)
Download Manufacture Cost Exhibit 2001 (64K PDF)