Aug. 23-State Milk Production Increases 1.5% from Aug. 2007

Posted by Brian Gould Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:23:00 GMT

August milk production in the 23 major States was 14.5 bil. lbs, up 1.5% from August 2007.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,717 pounds for August, 2 pounds below August 2007.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.47 million head, 137,000 head more than August 2007, but 3,000 head less than July 2008.