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News Release
NR-12-30
May 21, 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

April Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 752 million pounds of milk during April, up 
6.2 percent from a year ago, according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field 
Office. The daily rate per cow was  66.7 pounds, up 1.5 pounds from 2011. The 
dairy herd was estimated at 376,000 head for April, up 14,000 from a year 
earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during April totaled 16.0 billion 
pounds, up 3.3 percent from April 2011. The daily production per cow in the 
23 major States averaged 62.5 pounds for April, up 1.3 pounds from April 
2011. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.5 million 
head,  94,000 head more than April 2011, and up 4,000 head from March 2012.

                           Milk production, April                           
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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     362     376    8,337   8,431   8,525 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 65.7    65.2    66.7     60.8    61.2    62.5 
Production        : Mil lbs :  703     708     752   15,213  15,475  15,983 
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