US milk production in May up 3.4 percent on-year

Milk production in the 23 major States during May totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 3.4 percent from May 2007. 

April revised production at 14.8 billion pounds, was up 2.6 percent from April 2007.  The April revision represented an increase of 6 million pounds from last month's preliminary production estimate.

US milk production in the first quarter was up 3.2 percent compared to the first quarter in 2007.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,816 pounds for May, 25 pounds above May 2007.     

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.46 million head, 162,000 head more than May 2007, and 12,000 head more than April 2008.