June Milk Production Up 1.4 Per Cent
US - Milk production in the 23 major States during June totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 1.4 per cent from June 2010. May revised production at 16.1 billion pounds, was up 1.6 per cent from May 2010.
20 July 2011
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The May revision represented an increase of 20 million pounds or 0.1 per cent from last month's preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,819 pounds for June, two pounds above June 2010.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.46 million head, 106,000 head more than June 2010, and 11,000 head more than May 2011.
Milk production in the United States during the April - June quarter totaled 50.4 billion pounds, up 1.3 per cent from the April - June quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.20 million head, 79,000 head more than the same period last year.
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