The United States produced about 226.6 billion pounds of milk for human consumption in 2023. In 2000, this figure amounted to around 167.4 billion pounds. The volume of cow milk produced worldwide has risen steadily over the last several years.
U.S. milk market
While milk production has seen an increase over the last several years, milk retail sales have been dropping. The retail price of milk has been fluctuating for the past several years and peaked in 2022 at 4.21 U.S. dollars per gallon.
Leading U.S. milk brands
Among the dairy brands in the U.S., private label milk has a higher level of sales than any name brand whole milk. Among name brands of whole milk, Hood generated the most dollar sales, at over 190 million U.S. dollars in 2022. In the flavored milk category, the leading name brand was TruMoo, which sold nearly 91 million units in 2018. However, private label flavored milk sold many more units than even the leading name brand.
Total milk production in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in million pounds)*
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Milk production in million pounds
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US Department of Agriculture. (February 14, 2024). Total milk production in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in million pounds)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/194937/total-us-milk-production-since-1999/
US Department of Agriculture. "Total milk production in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in million pounds)*." Chart. February 14, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194937/total-us-milk-production-since-1999/
US Department of Agriculture. (2024). Total milk production in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in million pounds)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194937/total-us-milk-production-since-1999/
US Department of Agriculture. "Total Milk Production in The United States from 1999 to 2024 (in Million Pounds)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194937/total-us-milk-production-since-1999/
US Department of Agriculture, Total milk production in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in million pounds)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194937/total-us-milk-production-since-1999/ (last visited August 26, 2024)
Total milk production in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in million pounds)* [Graph], US Department of Agriculture, February 14, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194937/total-us-milk-production-since-1999/