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July milk production up 1.9% on year
Aug 18, 2017, 16:55 PM
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The USDA says milk production in the top 23 states during July 2017 was 17.189 billion pounds.
That’s up 1.9% on the year, with per cow yield of 1,969 pounds, up 21 pounds on the year, and a 72,000 head rise in the U.S. herd, to 8.730 million head. California was the biggest producer and the largest herd, followed by Wisconsin, and Colorado had the highest yield, followed by Michigan.
Milk production this year has been ahead of last year every month, except for February.
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