September Milk Production up 0.4 Percent

September Milk Production up 0.4 Percent
     
Milk production in the 23 major States during September totaled 15.6 billion pounds, up 0.4 percent from September 2014.  August revised production at 16.3 billion pounds, was up 0.9 percent from August 2014.  The August revision represented an increase of 15 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,805 pounds for September, 1 pound below September 2014.  This is the second highest production per cow for the month of September since the 23 State series began in 2003.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.63 million head, 41,000 head more than September 2014, but unchanged from August 2015.

July-September Milk Production up 0.9 Percent

Milk production in the United States during the July - September quarter totaled 51.6 billion pounds, up 0.9 percent from the July - September quarter last year.

The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.31 million head, 7,000 head fewer than the April  - June quarter, but 43,000 head more than the same period last year.

Source: USDA