Markets & Management

So much can change in 51 years, no matter what industry you talk about. This has certainly been the case in the dairy industry. Looking back on 2020 and the disruption that COVID-19 had on so  many aspects of the U.S. economy, including dairy, a lot can change in a matter of months. The Economic Research Service division of the USDA releases a spreadsheet each May that summarizes  three statistics going back to 1970 by state and region. The three statistics are number of milk cows, milk production per cow, and total milk production. Read More