Florida dairies produced 2.41 billion pounds of milk in 2001. This was down from 2.46 billion pounds produced during 2000. In 2001, the milkfat content was 3.60 percent. Annual production per cow was a record high 15,758 pounds, up from 15,688 pounds in 2000.
  An average of 153,000 milk cows were on Florida farms and commercial dairies in 2001, down 4,000 head from 2000. Florida ranked 13th among States in average number of milk cows.

  Cash receipts from marketings of Florida milk in 2001 totaled $429 million, $45 million more than 2000. The price per head for replacement milk cows was $1,800, up from $1,460 in 2000. The annual average farm-gate price for milk in Florida was $17.80 per cwt in 2001, up from $15.60 per cwt in 2000. The price peaked in October at $20.30 per cwt, and the lowest average monthly price for $15.90 per cwt in Febraury.
  Ice cream production in Florida was 39,132,000 gallons in 2001, up from the 2000 production level of 36,731,000 gallons. Total frozen product production was 43,714,000 gallons in 2001. The whole milk equivalent of this production was 323,327,000 pounds of milk.

  Total United States milk production was 165.3 billion pounds in 2001, down from 167.6 billion pounds in 2000. The average number of milk cows on U.S. farms and dairies during 2001 was 9,115,000, a 91,000 decrease from 2000. The average annual milk production per cow reached 18,139 pounds. Milkfat averaged 3.67 percent in 2001. Nationwide, cash receipts from marketings of milk during 2001 totaled $24.7 billion, up from $20.6 billion in 2000. The average farm gate price in the United States was $15.05 per hundredweight, $2.65 more than in 2000. The price of replacement milk cows in the United States reached $1,700 per head in October 2001, up from $1,350 in 2000.

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