Washington—The USDA on Monday announced the awarding of contracts to six companies for a total of 18,944,010 pounds of cheese for delivery during the first six months of 2022.

The purchase includes 4,384,800 pounds of yellow Cheddar chunks, 12/1-pound packages, at a total price of $10,975,131.72; 3,999,600 pounds of yellow Cheddar chunks, 12/2-pound packages, at a total price of $9,905,722.20; 4,737,600 pounds of yellow shredded Cheddar, 6/2-pound packages, at a total price of $11,752,274.29; 2,540,160 pounds of natural Swiss cheese blocks, 12/1-pound packages, at a price of $9,532,465.98; and 3,281,850 pounds of natural Swiss cheese slices, 6/24-ounce packages. The total price of the contracts was $52,400,574.71.

Aggregator, Inc.: 37,800 pounds of cheese, at a total price of $99,414.00.

DFA: 67,200 pounds of cheese, at a total price of $168,336.00.

Gossner Foods: 1,378,710 pounds of cheese, at a total price of $4,522,247.89.

Great Lakes Cheese: 13,040,850 pounds for $35,653,492.07.

Masters Gallery Foods: 3,118,200 pounds of cheese, at a total price of $7,817,274.00.

Winona Foods: 1,301,250 pounds of cheese, at a total price of $4,139,810.73.

USDA announced the awarding of contracts to five companies for a total of 5,247,038.9 pounds of UHT milk, the total price of the UHT milk is $2,805,782.41.

Byrne Dairy: 232,200 pounds of UHT milk, at a total price of $104.490.00

Diversified Foods: 1,384,283.52 pounds of UHT milk, at a total price of $842,534.00.

Gossner Foods: 1,385,955.36 pounds of UHT milk, at a total price of $780,545.49.

Industria Lechera de Puerto Rico: 270,900 pounds of UHT milk, at a total price of $125,388.00 JEC Consulting & Trading Company: 1,973,700 pounds of UHT milk, at a total price of $952,825.03.

Finally, USDA has awarded a contract to Transylvania Vocational Services for 10,393,344 pounds of instant nonfat dry milk for delivery in February-July 2022. The total price was $40,297,660.42.