Markets & Management

Total dairy farm numbers were released in USDA’s most recent Milk Production Report in late February. Dairy farm numbers fell 5.8% across the nation to 26,290 farms, while Pennsylvania’s dairy farm numbers were down by only 1.2% at 4,940 farms. Pennsylvania remained second in the number of dairy farms, closing in on Wisconsin’s dairyland, now at 5,920 dairy farms. Although Pennsylvania held relatively stable in the number of dairy farms, milk production in the Commonwealth did fall nearly 1% from a year ago to 9.859 billion pounds in 2023. Nationally, total milk production was down 0.1% to 226.364 billion pounds.

Read The Full Report