Nov. Milk Production Down 1.0%

Posted by Brian Gould Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:01:00 GMT

Milk production in the 23 major States during November totaled 14.0 billion pounds, down 1.0 percent from November 2008. October revised production at 14.3 billion pounds, was down 1.2 percent from October 2008.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,679 pounds for November, 25 pounds above November 2008.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.31 million head, 209,000 head less than November 2008, and 6,000 head less than October 2009.

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