Dairy Week In Review

Total milk production in the US was down 0.5 percent to 18.812 billion pounds in March, with 68,000 fewer head of dairy cows and 7 pounds more milk per cow per day. While milk production  was still below last year’s levels, the gap did narrow in March from the 1.5-percent peak in January. Of the top eight dairy producing states, California was up 0.5 percent, Wisconsin was up 0.2  percent, Idaho was flat, New York was down 1 percent, Texas was up 6.7 percent, Michigan was down 2.9 percent, Minnesota was down 2.6 percent, and Pennsylvania was down 2.2 percent. Read More