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January milk production up 2.7%
Feb 21, 2017, 16:45 PM
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The USDA reports milk production in the top 23 U.S. states during January 2017 was 16.999 billion pounds, up 2.7% from January 2016. Production per cow was a new all-time high for the month at 1,967 pounds per cow, and the herd was 8.688 million head, up 67,000 on the year.
California produced the most milk and had the biggest herd, followed by Wisconsin. Colorado had the highest per cow average, followed very closely by Michigan.
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