Based on the USDA Crop Production Report released on Oct. 11, Pennsylvania’s corn production forecasts dropped 12.1% from September 2023 at 106.8 million bushels to 2024 at 93.8 million. Soybean production in Pennsylvania decreased 6% from 26.3 million bushels in 2023 to 24.6 million. However, the state’s alfalfa production estimates remain steady at 810,000 tons…
According to the USDA’s August Dairy Products report, total cheese production was 1.20 billion pounds, up 1.7% year over year and 0.5% month over month. From last August, Italian cheese production increased 3.1% with Mozzarella output growing 4.7%. Butter production climbed 14.5% from August 2023 at 138.9 million pounds to 150.0 million pounds in August…
Based on the USDA Milk Production report, Pennsylvania’s August numbers dipped slightly from 2023’s values. Pennsylvania milk production totaled 816 million pounds, down 2 million pounds year over year. Milk cow numbers dropped 1,000 head from 466,000 in 2023 to 465,000 in 2024. However, milk production per cow remains consistent with the prior year at…
Based on the USDA Milk Production report, August 2024’s U.S. milk production equaled 18.8 billion pounds, a 0.1% dip year over year. Down 40,000 head from August 2023, August 2024’s milk cow numbers closed out at 9.33 million. Production per cow jumped 8 pounds from August 2023 to 2,018. The U.S. milk supply remains tight,…
September’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) forecasted reduced cow inventories and milk per cow growth, which resulted in lower milk production forecasts through the remainder of 2024 and into 2025. The 2024 dairy product productions forecasts increased due to the tight milk supply, raised prices, and strong demand and are projected to carry…
Based on the USDA ERS Fluid Milk Sales data, 2023 total fluid milk beverages sales came in at 42.8 billion pounds, down 17.5% from a decade ago. However, whole milk sales trended upward from 2021 to 2023 at 16.3 billion pounds. A far cry from the whole milk sales volume seen in 1975 at 36.2…
Three Central Valley, California dairy farms have reported positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in their herds. After cows from the affected farms began exhibiting HPAI-related symptoms from Aug. 23 to Aug. 25, samples from these sites were submitted to the California Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) laboratories and the National Veterinary…
Seasonal, warm weather resulted in decreased milk production and component levels across West Europe, tightening dairy product inventories. The UK recovered to match last year’s production despite a slow start. In France, farmers confront a potential outbreak of bluetongue disease. East Europe shows growth in Belarus’s milk production, but drought conditions are negatively affecting crop…
Total US milk production was down 0.4 percent year over year to 18.9 billion pounds in July, with production per cow up 1 pound from last July to 2,028 pounds. The nation’s dairy herd lost 43,000 head from a year ago but was up 5,000 head from June to 9.33 million head.
The latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report boosted estimates for the nation’s soybean harvest and the total corn harvest. With weather woes in Upper Midwestern states, the agency did lower forecasted harvested acres of corn by 700,000 acres from last month’s estimates. USDA is now expecting farmers to harvest 3.8 million fewer…
