USDA March 2020 Milk Production Report
Saturday, April 25th, 2020 -- 8:23 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Total milk output in America's Dairyland fell slightly during the month of March when compared to the same time last year.According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, farmers produced 2.60 billion pounds during the month, down a fractional 0.1 percent from March 2019, but higher than February's 2.42 billion pounds, which had less days on the calendar. Nationally, 18.3 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 24 major dairy states for the month. That was a 2.4 percent increase over 2019, and greater than the previous month's 17 billion. Meanwhile, the number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major states was 8.85 million head, 64,000 head more than March 2019, and 5,000 head more than February 2020.
The average number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was 1.26 million head, which was the same as last month, but 10,000 fewer than last year. Monthly production per cow averaged 2,070 pounds, which was 15 pounds per cow more than last year's figures
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