Consumer Demand for Dairy Products

摘要

Rising consumer incomes and declining prices for dairy products relative to other foods caused most of the 2-percent average annual increase in per capita consumption posted from 1983 through 1986. Consumption of items such as lowfat milk and cheese showed further gains, and consumption of most other dairy products bottomed out or increased modestly. The report examines dairy market characteristics, the product composition of 1983-86 consumption increases, price and income effects on demand, and other factors affecting demand.