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February Milk Production up 2.4 Percent

Milk production in the 23 major States during February totaled 14.0 billion
pounds, up 2.4 percent from February 2010. January revised production at 15.2
billion pounds, was up 2.5 percent from January 2010. The January revision
represented a decrease of 21 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month's
preliminary production estimate.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,666 pounds for February, 24 pounds above February 2010.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.40 million
head, 81,000 head more than February 2010, but no change from January 2011.
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