USDA says milk production in the top 23 states during June was 16.930 billion pounds, up 1.7% from June 2016.
Average per cow production was the highest for the month since the series of reports started at 1,939 pounds and the herd was up 83,000 head on the year at 8.731 million head. In June 2016, the average was 1,926 pounds and the herd was 8.648 million head.
California was the top production state, followed by Wisconsin, and the highest per cow yield was in Michigan.
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