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News Release
NR-12-57
August 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

July Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 741 million pounds of milk during July, up 
4.1 percent from a year ago, according to Jay Johnson, Director of the USDA, 
NASS, Michigan Field Office. The daily rate per cow was 63.5 pounds, up 
0.8 pounds from 2011. The dairy herd was estimated at 376,000 head for July, 
up 10,000 from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during July totaled 15.5 billion 
pounds, up 0.8 percent from July 2011. The daily production per cow in the 23 
major States averaged 58.9 pounds for July, up 0.2 pounds from July 2011. The 
number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.50 million head, 
41,000 head more than July 2011, but 7,000 head less than June 2012.

                            Milk production, July                           
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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     366     376    8,379   8,459   8,500 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 65.2    62.7    63.5     59.0    58.7    58.9 
Production        : Mil lbs :  725     712     741   15,319  15,395  15,520 
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