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News Release
NR-12-05
January 24, 2012

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

December Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 722 million pounds of milk during December, 
up 4.2 percent from a year ago, according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field 
Office. The daily rate per cow was 62.9 pounds, up 1 pound from December 
2010. The dairy herd was estimated at 370,000 head for December, up 9,000 
from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during December totaled 15.4 billion 
pounds, up 2.7 percent from December 2010. The daily production per cow in 
the 23 major States averaged 58.6 pounds for December, up 0.8 pounds from 
December 2010. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 
8.49 million head, 99,000 head more than December 2010, and up 12,000 head 
from November 2011.

                          Milk production, December                         
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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     361     370    8,312   8,387   8,486 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 61.6    61.9    62.9     56.8    57.8    58.6 
Production        : Mil lbs :  676     693     722   14,635  15,025  15,425 
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