January Milk Production up 1.0 Per Cent
US - Milk production in the 23 major States during January totaled 14.9 billion pounds, up one per cent from January 2008.
20 February 2009
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December revised production at 14.7 billion pounds, was up 1.8 pe rcent from December 2007. The December revision represented an increase of 44 million pounds or 0.3 per cent from last month’s preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,746 pounds for January, five pounds above January 2008.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.51 million head, 58,000 head more than January 2008, and 12,000 head less than December 2008.
2008 Annual Milk Production up 2.3 Percent from 2007
The annual production of milk for the U.S. during 2008 was 190 billion pounds, 2.3 per cent above 2007. Revisions to 2007 production increased the annual total 52 million pounds. Revised 2008 production was up 293 million pounds from last month's publication.
Production per cow in the U.S. averaged 20,396 pounds for 2008, 192 pounds above 2007. The average annual rate of milk production per cow has increased 14.8 per cent from 1999.
The average number of milk cows on farms in the U.S. during 2008 was 9.32 million head, up 1.4 percent from 2007. The average number of milk cows was revised up 44,000 head for 2008.
Monthly Milk Production
23 States
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