August 17, 2004

US Milk Production Up In July

Milk production in the 20 major States during July totaled 12.5 billion pounds, up 0.7 percent from July 2003. 

June revised production, at 12.4 billion pounds, was down 0.1 percent from June 2003.  The June revision represented an increase of 1 million pounds from last month's preliminary production estimate.

Production per cow in the 20 major States averaged 1,613 pounds for July, 16 pounds above July 2003.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 20 major States was 7.75 million head, 27,000 head less than July 2003, but 11,000 head more than June 2004.