Wisconsin Milk Production Up in November
Monday, December 22nd, 2014 -- 8:22 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Total milk output on Wisconsin dairy farms was up for the seventh consecutive month in November.According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, the Dairy State produced 2.25 billion pounds of milk in November, up 2.8 percent from November 2013, but lower than October's 2.33 billion pounds, partly because November had less days on the calendar.
Nationally, 15.5 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, which was up 3.5 percent higher than in 2013, but less than the previous month's 16 billion. All of the major milk producing states had an increase in production in November when compared with last year, with the exception of Illinois and New Mexico.
Meanwhile, the number of milk cows in the major dairy states totaled 8.59 million head, 93,000 head more than November 2013, and 3,000 head more than October 2014. The average number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was 1.27 million head. Production per cow averaged 1,775 pounds, up 50 pounds from a year ago.
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