Monthly Milk Production Increases Continue
Saturday, May 21st, 2016 -- 7:56 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Wisconsin dairy farmers have now seen two full years of consecutive monthly increases in milk production compared to year-ago levels.According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, the Dairy State produced 2.50 billion pounds of milk last month, up 4.6 percent from April 2015, but lower than March's 2.56 billion pounds (which had more days on the calendar). Nationally, 16.8 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, which was up 1.2 percent higher than in 2015, but less than the previous month's 17.2 billion.
Meanwhile, the number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major states was 8.65 million head, 21,000 head more than April 2015, and 4,000 head more than March 2016. The number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was 1.28 million head, about 1,000 more than last year. Production per cow averaged 1,960 pounds, up 85 pounds from a year ago.
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