December Milk Production up 4.6 percent

December Milk Production up 4.6 percent        

Milk production in the 24 major States during December totaled 18.8 billion pounds, up 4.6 percent from December 2024. November revised production, at 18.1 billion pounds, was up 4.7 percent from November 2024. The November revision represented an increase of 3 million pounds or less than 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.  Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 2,060 pounds for December, 42 pounds above December 2024.   The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 9.14 million head, 222,000 head more than December 2024, and 9,000 head more than November 2025.   

October-December Milk Production up 4.2 percent  

Milk production in the United States during the October - December quarter totaled 57.8 billion pounds, up 4.2 percent from the October - December quarter last year.  The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.56 million head, 23,000 head more than the July - September quarter, and 202,000 head more than the same period last year.