August 2016 USDA Monthly Milk Production Report
Sunday, September 25th, 2016 -- 8:45 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The streak continues for Wisconsin's dairy farmers. According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, the Dairy State produced 2.54 billion pounds of milk last month, up 2.4 percent from August 2015, but lower than July's 2.56 billion pounds.This marks the 28th consecutive month that total output has exceeded previous year figures in Wisconsin. Nationally, 16.7 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, which was up 1.9 percent higher than in 2015, but below the previous month's 16.8 billion.
Meanwhile, the number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major states was 8.68 million head, 43,000 head more than August 2015, and 15,000 head more than July 2016. The average number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was nearly 1.28 million head, about 2,000 less than last year, but about the same as July 2016. Monthly production per cow averaged 1,990 pounds, up 50 pounds from last August.
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