September 2016 Milk Production Report
Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 -- 9:17 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Wisconsin dairy farmers are now going on their 29th consecutive month of seeing monthly increases in milk production compared to year-ago levels.According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, the Dairy State produced 2.44 billion pounds of milk last month, up three percent from September 2015, but lower than August's 2.54 billion pounds, which had one less day on the calendar. Nationally, 16 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, which was up 2.3 percent higher than in 2015, but below the previous month's 16.7 billion.
Meanwhile, the number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major states was 8.67 million head, 36,000 head more than September 2015, but 2,000 head less than August 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, and 1,000 less than August 2016. Monthly production per cow averaged 1,910 pounds, up 65 pounds from last September.
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