U.S. milk production increased slightly for December. The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says 17 billion pounds of milk were produced in the 23 major milk producing states, 1.1 percent compared to last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Milk production in the 23 major States during December totaled 17.0 billion pounds, up 1.2 percent from December 2016. November revised production at 16.2 billion pounds, was up 1.0 percent from November 2016. The November revision represented a decrease of 24 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month’s preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,943 pounds for December, 11 pounds above December 2016. This is the highest production per cow for the month of December since the 23 State series began in 2003.
The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.40 million head, 3,000 head less than the July – September quarter, but 55,000 head more than the same period last year.
Read the entire Milk Production report from USDA, here.
