Posted: 01.25.2012

Milk production in the 23 major States during December totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 2.7 percent from December 2010.  November revised production at 14.7 billion pounds, was up 2.2 percent from November 2010.  The November 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 1,818 pounds for December, 27 pounds above December 2010.  
 
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.49 million head, 99,000 head more than December 2010, and 12,000 head more than November 2011.
 
Milk production in the U.S. during the October - December quarter totaled 48.7 billion pounds, up 2.3 percent from the October - December quarter last year.  The average number of milk cows in the U.S. during the quarter was 9.22 million head, 86,000 head more than the same period last year.

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