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News Release
NR-12-25
April 20, 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

March Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 776 million pounds of milk during March, up 
7.3 percent from a year ago, according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field 
Office. The daily rate per cow was 66.8 pounds, up 2.8 pounds from 2011. The 
dairy herd was estimated at 375,000 head for March, up 11,000 from a year 
earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during March totaled 16.5 billion 
pounds, up 4.3 percent from March 2011. The daily production per cow in the 
23 major States averaged 62.2 pounds for March, up 1.8 pounds from March 
2011. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.5 million 
head,  94,000 head more than March 2011, and up 9,000 head from February 
2012.

                           Milk production, March                           
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                  :         :       Michigan        :    23 Major states    
     Commodity    :  Unit   :-----------------------:-----------------------
                  :         : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  
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Cows              : 1,000 Hd:  357     364     375    8,329   8,425   8,519 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 64.2    64.0    66.8     59.6    60.4    62.2 
Production        : Mil lbs :  710     723     776   15,386  15,773  16,452 
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