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April Milk Production Up 1.2 Percent
USAgNet - 05/23/2016

Milk production in the United States during April totaled 18.0 billion pounds, up 1.2 percent from April 2015.

California continues to have the highest total production with about 3.48 billion pounds, despite being one of just six states with lower annual output. South Dakota once again had the greatest increase in year-to-year output as that state produced 210 million pounds of milk in April, up 10.5 percent from the same month last year.

Production per cow in the United States averaged 1,929 pounds for April, 20 pounds above April 2015.

The number of milk cows on farms in the United States was 9.33 million head, 15,000 head more than April 2015, and 4,000 head more than March 2016.


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