Companies selling most or all types of dairy products have given way to companies or subsidiaries selling one or two. Large proprietary and cooperative firms, both U.S. and foreign-owned, are major participants in U.S. dairy markets. This report discusses how dairy markets reached their current state and implications for the future. Data series are available as Lotus worksheets for downloading. Recent analysis by ERS has focused on changes in dairy markets related to what is being provided, who is providing the product, and what types of firms are involved.
Work is also under way to examine the changing structure of milk production.
USDA agricultural baseline projections Farm income and costs Farm structure Farm and commodity policy U.S. agricultural trade related links Agricultural Marketing Service . Information on Federal milk marketing orders, grading, dairy market news, marketing and economic research, promotion and research, standardization, and Federal rulemaking. National Agricultural Statistics Service . Historical data, publications, and the 1997 Census of Agriculture. World Agricultural Outlook Board .