June Milk Production down 0.8 Percent
Milk production in the 24 major States during June totaled 18.0 billion pounds, down 0.8 percent from June 2023. May revised production, at 18.8 billion pounds, was down 0.8 percent from May 2023. The May revision represented a decrease of 30 million pounds or 0.2 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 2,025 pounds for June, 8 pounds below June 2023.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.89 million head, 37,000 head less than June 2023, but 2,000 head more than May 2024.
April-June Milk Production down 0.8 Percent
Milk production in the United States during the April - June quarter totaled 57.5 billion pounds, down 0.8 percent from the April - June quarter last year.
The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.33 million head, 3,000 head less than the January - March quarter, and 76,000 head less than the same period last year.
