September Milk Production up 0.4 Percent
Milk production in the 24 major States during September totaled 17.3 billion pounds, up 0.4 percent from September 2020. August revised production, at 17.9 billion pounds, was up 0.7 percent from August 2020. The August revision represented a decrease of 75 million pounds or 0.4 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 1,937 pounds for September, 4 pounds below September 2020. The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.93 million head, 48,000 head more than September 2020, but 22,000 head less than August 2021.
July-September Milk Production up 0.9 Percent
Milk production in the United States during the July - September quarter totaled 55.9 billion pounds, up 0.9 percent from the July - September quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.45 million head, 48,000 head less than the April - June quarter, but 74,000 head more than the same period last year.
