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News Release
NR-12-36
June 19, 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

May Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 769 million pounds of milk during May, up 
3.5 percent from a year ago, according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field 
Office. The daily rate per cow was 66.1 pounds, up 0.3 pounds from 2011. The 
dairy herd was estimated at 375,000 head for May, up 11,000 from a year 
earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during May totaled 16.4 billion 
pounds, up 2.1 percent from May 2011. The daily production per cow in the 23 
major States averaged 62.1 pounds for May, up 0.7 pounds from May 2011. The 
number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.52 million head,  
77,000 head more than May 2011, but 3,000 head less than April 2012.

                            Milk production, May                            
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                  :         :       Michigan        :    23 Major states    
     Commodity    :  Unit   :-----------------------:-----------------------
                  :         : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  
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Cows              : 1,000 Hd:  359     364     375    8,349   8,447   8,524 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 66.6    65.8    66.1     61.1    61.4    62.1 
Production        : Mil lbs :  741     743     769   15,801  16,069  16,404 
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