Dairy Facts and Figures

This section provides detailed statistics related to dairy cattle improvement, quota exchanges & prices, milk production at the farm, shipments to processors, dairy farming revenue & expenses, processing, sales of fluid milk and cream, supply and disposition, consumption of dairy products, imports and exports, world export prices, retail prices and index prices in Canada.

NEW - We invite you to visit our new database application - Animal Industry Market Information System (AIMIS) located under “Imports and Exports”

The Farm:

• Number of Farms, Dairy Cows and Dairy Heifers
• Farming Revenue and Expenses
• Somatic Cell & Bacteria Count
• Quota

Milk Recording and Registrations:

• Dairy Cattle Registrations
• Dairy Herd Improvement

Milk Shipments and Pricing:

• Milk Volumes and Components
• Milk Prices

The Processing Sector:

• Dairy Processors in Canada
• Production and Sales of Dairy Products
• Supply and Disposition

The Consumer:

• Consumption of Dairy Products
• Prices

Imports and Exports (NEW):

• Dairy Products
  • Exports
  • Imports
• Dairy Genetics
  • Imports and Exports

Dairy In the World:

• Production (raw milk, cheese and butter)
• World Market Price - New
• Global and Retail Per Capita Consumption

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