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Figure 2. Cheese Plant Production Under Current Policy:
1980 and 1994
1980: 261.9 M, 6.6%
1994: 613.8 M, 9.1%
+134.4%
1980: 2642.1 M, 66.3% 1980: 723.9 M, 18.2%
1994: 3611.0 M, 53.70/ 1994: 1294.9 M, 19.2%
+36.7% j +78.9%
1980: 52.8 M, 1.3% 1980:121.1 M, 3.0%
1994:160.3 M, 2.40/ 1994:123.9 M, 1.8%
1980:181.5 M, 4.6% +203.6% +2.4%
1994: 926.2 M, 13.8%
+410.3%region still accounts for over half of the U.S. cheese
production.
Figure 3 reveals the large regional shift that has
taken place in the distribution of NDM production.
While California and the NC region came close to trading
production in poundage terms, the sharp expansion in the
NW region accentuates the strong westward movement
of powder production. Increased NDM production in the
SW and SE regions appears to result from balancing
seasonal supply fluctuations. The decline in NDM
production in both the NE and NC reflect increased
specialization in cheese production. NDM tends to be
produced from locally produced milk.
The trends in butter production show the effects of
increased consumption of lowfat fluid milk (Figure 4).
As a result, in many federal order markets, milk and
cream utilized to produce butter range from 20-40
percent. Balancing the fluid needs of population centers,
therefore, has become a major determinant of butter
production. However, butter is not always manufactured
locally. In some cases cream may move up to 1,000
miles to plants where butter is churned. By comparingfederal order data with production data it is possible to
determine that more than half of the cream used to make
butter moves out of these regions into regions to be
churned.
Western butter production (NW and CA) has
increased to the point where it now surpasses that of the
North Central region. There was an 18 percent decline
in NC butter production, also noteworthy because some
of the best known butter manufacturers are located in the
NC (Figure 4). Yet the NC region still produces 36
percent of the U.S. butter supply. All other regions
increased production, although their share of U.S.
production each declined.
Table I summarizes the changes on a single page.
For the Northeast, it indicates increased specialization in
cheese production, and balancing fluid needs results in
stable butter production. The SE is a small factor in
butter manufacturing. Production in the region results
from balancing activities in conjuction with meeting the
fluid demands of a growing population.3
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