August Milk Production up 1.5 Percent
US - Released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
19 September 2008
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Milk production in the 23 major States during August totaled 14.5 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from August 2007. July revised production at 14.8 billion pounds, was up 1.8 percent from July 2007. The July revision represented an increase of 12 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,717 pounds for August, 2 pounds below August 2007.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.47 million head, 137,000 head more than August 2007, but 3,000 head less than July 2008.
Monthly Milk Production 23 States
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Monthly Milk per Cow 23 States
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Monthly Milk Cows 23 States
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Monthly Milk per Cow 23 States
Monthly Milk Cows 23 States
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