March Milk Production up 0.6 Percent
Milk production in the 24 major States during March totaled 18.9 billion pounds, up 0.6 percent from March 2022. February revised production, at 17.0 billion pounds, was up 1.2 percent from February 2022. The February revision represented an increase of 48 million pounds or 0.3 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 2,116 pounds for March, 3 pounds above March 2022. The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.95 million head, 44,000 head more than March 2022, and 6,000 head more than February 2023.
January-March Milk Production up 1.0 Percent
Milk production in the United States during the January - March quarter totaled 56.8 billion pounds, up 1.0 percent from the January - March quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.42 million head, 20,000 head more than the October - December quarter, and 40,000 head more than the same period last year.
