Monthly US Milk Production Report
US - August Milk Production Up 1.6%, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
18 September 2006
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Milk production in the 23 major States during August totaled 13.9 billion pounds, up 1.6 percent from August 2005. July revised production, at 13.9 billion pounds, was up 1.5 percent from July 2005. The July revision represented an increase of 6 million pounds from last month’s preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,680 pounds for August, 9 pounds above August 2005.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.25 million head, 88,000 head more than August 2005, but 9,000 head less than July 2006.
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