Dairy statistics, March 2018
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Released: 2018-05-25
The volume of yogurt produced in March was 32 378 tonnes, down 7.3% from March 2017. Production of cottage cheese decreased 3.9% from the same month a year earlier to 1 896 tonnes in March 2018, while cheddar cheese production increased 15.3% over the same period to 14 353 tonnes.
Creamery butter stocks on April 1 were at 35 123 tonnes, up 41.1% from the same day a year earlier.
Total cash receipts from milk and cream sold off farms totalled $559.2 million in March, down 0.6% from the same month last year.
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Dairy statistics are available for Canada and the provinces.
Data on dairy stocks for April 1, 2018, are now available in CANSIM table 003-0033. These data represent the ending stocks of the previous month.
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