ISSN: 1949-1557
Released June 17, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
May Milk Production up 1.5 Percent
Milk production in the 23 major States during May totaled 16.0 billion
pounds, up 1.5 percent from May 2010. April revised production at 15.5
billion pounds, was up 1.7 percent from April 2010. The April revision
represented an increase of 3 million pounds or less than 0.1 percent from
last month's preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,899 pounds for May,
6 pounds above May 2010.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.45 million
head, 103,000 head more than May 2010, and 15,000 head more than April 2011.
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