Milk Production Up in Wisconsin
Monday, April 22nd, 2013 -- 8:46 AM
-According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, Wisconsin dairy farmers produced more milk in March compared to the same month in 2012.According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, the Dairy State put out 2.4 billion pounds of milk last month, up three percent from last March, and more than February's 2.15 billion pounds.
Nationally, 16.4 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, down a slight 0.1 percent from March 2012, but 11 percent more than last month which only had 28 days on the calendar.
California continues to have the highest total production with about 3.67 billion pounds. Kansas has the greatest increase in year-to-year output as that state produced 251 million pounds of milk in March, up five percent from the same month last year.
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