Wisconsin Sees 20th Consecutive Month of Increased Milk Output Compared to the Prior Year
Monday, January 25th, 2016 -- 8:14 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The streak continues for Wisconsin's dairy farmers.According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, the Dairy State produced 2.47 billion pounds of milk last month, up 4.8 percent from December 2014, and higher than November's 2.34 billion pounds. This marks the 20th consecutive month that total output has exceed previous year figures in Wisconsin.
Nationally, 16.4 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, which was up 0.7 percent higher than in 2014, and more than the previous month's 15.6 billion. Meanwhile, the number of milk cows in the major dairy states totaled 8.64 million head, 29,000 head more than December 2014, and 1,000 head more than November 2015. The average number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was 1.28 million head. Production per cow averaged 1,935 pounds, up 80 pounds from a year ago.
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