June Milk Production up 0.3 Percent
Milk production in the 24 major States during June totaled 18.1 billion pounds, up 0.3 percent from June 2021. May revised production, at 18.9 billion pounds, was down 0.4 percent from May 2021. The May revision represented an increase of 37 million pounds or 0.2 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 2,031 pounds for June, 20 pounds above June 2021. The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.93 million head, 65,000 head less than June 2021, but 4,000 head more than May 2022.
April-June Milk Production down 0.5 Percent
Milk production in the United States during the April - June quarter totaled 57.9 billion pounds, down 0.5 percent from the April - June quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.42 million head, 32,000 head more than the January - March quarter, but 87,000 head less than the same period last year.
