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The Dairy Situation in the United States¹

Animal Husbandry Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA Beltsville, Maryland

ABSTRACT

It is a pleasure to represent the United States at this meeting on dairy problems in Latin America at the invitation of the Secretary General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. I had the pleasant experience in 1942–43 to spend considerable time in seven countries of Central and South America, working with your dairy people on increasing milk production. It is obvious that much progress has been made during the past 20 yr. In keeping with the request of the Director General in his kind invitation, it now becomes a pleasant task to review the present dairy situation in the United States.

MILK PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION

The output of milk in the United States in 1960 amounted to 122.9 billion pounds. There has been an increase in production from 117.3 billion pounds in 1950 to a high of 124.9 billion pounds in 1956, followed by a slight decrease in 1958 and 1959.

¹ Presented at the FAO Meeting on Dairy Problems in Latin America, Saõ Paulo, Brazil, April 11–20, 1961.