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News Release
NR-12-64
September 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

August Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 748 million pounds of milk during August, up 
5.4 percent from a year ago, according to Jay Johnson, Director of the USDA, 
NASS, Michigan Field Office. The daily rate per cow was 64.2 pounds, up 
1.6 pounds from August 2011. The dairy herd was estimated at 376,000 head for 
August, up 10,000 from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during August totaled 15.3 billion 
pounds, down 0.2 percent from August 2011. The daily production per cow in 
the 23 major States averaged 58.2 pounds for August, down 0.3 pounds from 
August 2011. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.50 
million head, 32,000 head more than August 2011, but 4,000 head less than 
July 2012.

                           Milk production, August                          
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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    8,372   8,463   8,495 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 63.1    62.6    64.2     57.8    58.5    58.2 
Production        : Mil lbs :  702     710     748   15,000  15,342  15,313 
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