December Milk Production down 0.4 percent
Milk production in the 24 major States during December totaled 18.0 billion pounds, down 0.4 percent from December 2023. November revised production, at 17.3 billion pounds, was down 0.3 percent from November 2023. The November revision represented an increase of 89 million pounds or 0.5 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 2,020 pounds for December, 11 pounds below December 2023. The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.91 million head, 17,000 head more than December 2023, but 8,000 head less than November 2024.
October-December Milk Production down 0.1 percent
Milk production in the United States during the October - December quarter totaled 55.5 billion pounds, down 0.1 percent from the October - December quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.36 million head, 29,000 head more than the July - September quarter, and 10,000 head more than the same period last year.
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