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News Release
NR-11-89
December 20, 2011

U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Michigan Field Office
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Post Office Box 30239
Lansing, MI  48909-6248

Phone:      (517) 324-5300
Facsimile:  (517) 324-5299
E-mail:     nass-mi@nass.usda.gov
Web site:   www.nass.usda.gov

Jay V. Johnson, Director

November Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 688 million pounds of milk during November, 
up 3.9 percent from a year ago, according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field 
Office. The daily rate per cow was 62.2 pounds, up 0.9 pounds from November 
2010. The dairy herd was estimated at 369,000 head for November, up 9,000 
from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during November totaled 14.7 billion 
pounds, up 2.2 percent from November 2010. The daily production per cow in 
the 23 major States averaged 57.9 pounds for November, up 0.5 pounds from 
November 2010. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 
8.48 million head, 108,000 head more than November 2010, but unchanged from 
October 2011.

                          Milk production, November                         
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                  :         :       Michigan        :    23 Major states    
     Commodity    :  Unit   :-----------------------:-----------------------
                  :         : 2009  : 2010  : 2011  : 2009  : 2010  : 2011  
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Cows              : 1,000 Hd:  354     360     369    8,314   8,373   8,481 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 60.2    61.3    62.2     56.0    57.4    57.9 
Production        : Mil lbs :  639     662     688   13,979  14,421  14,736 
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