Dairy Facts and Figures

Find market information relating to:

• The Farm
• Breed Improvement and Genetic Evaluation
• Quota
• Milk Shipments and Pricing
• The Processing Sector
• The Consumer
• Imports and Exports

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.

The Farm:

• Number of Farms, Dairy Cows and Dairy Heifers
• Types of Dairy Barns
• Milk Production at the Farm
• Organic Milk
• Goat Milk Production
• Employment at the Farm
• Farming Revenue and Expenses
• Somatic Cell & Bacteria Counts

Breed Improvement and Genetic Evaluation:

• Dairy Animal Registrations
• Milk Recording
• Enrollments on Milk Recording
• Average Milk Production by Breed
• Artificial Insemination Sires
• Culling Rates
• Purebred Auction Average Prices

Quota:

• Evolution of the Market Sharing Quota
• Industrial and Fluid Milk Quota
• Provincial Shares of the National Market Sharing Quota
• Monthly Milk Quota Exchange

Milk Shipments and Pricing:

• Milk Volumes and Components
• Milk Prices

The Processing Sector:

• Sales of Fluid Milk and Cream
• Manufacturing of Dairy Products
• Employment of Dairy Processing
• Supply and Disposition
• Dairy Processors in Canada
• Top World Dairy Companies
• Private Label Market Share

The Consumer:

• Consumption of Dairy Products
• Global and Retail Per Capita Consumption
• Prices

Imports and Exports:

• Canadian Dairy Trade Balance
  • Canadian Dairy Trade Balance
• Dairy Products
  • Exports
  • Imports
• Dairy Genetics
  • Imports and Exports
• World Market Prices
  • Oceania and Western Europe
  • United States

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