December Milk Production up 1.5 Per Cent

US - Milk production in the 23 major States during December totaled 14.6 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from December 2007.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service

November revised production at 14.0 billion pounds, was up 1.3 percent November 2007. The November revision represented a decrease of 11 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,726 pounds for December, eight pounds above December 2007.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.48 million head, 90,000 head more than December 2007, and 7,000 head more than November 2008.

Monthly Milk Production
23 States

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