According to the USDA/NASS Cold Storage Report, published at 2:00pm CT today:
January 31 AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE stocks @ 595.3 million pounds, up 11.6% year-over-year and up 1.8% versus December 2009 (that compares to an average December-to-January increase of 0.1% over the previous five years).
January 31 TOTAL CHEESE stocks @ 980.8 million pounds, up 11.2% year-over-year and up 1.5% versus December 2009 (that compares to an average December-to-January increase of 1.5% over the previous five years).
January 31 BUTTER stocks @ 169.8 million pounds, down 3.8% year-over-year and up 27.7% versus December 2009 (that compares to an average December-to-January increase of 58.4% over the previous five years).
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