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News Release
NR-12-72
October 22, 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

September Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 705 million pounds of milk during September, 
up 2.8 percent from a year ago, according to Jay Johnson, Director of the 
USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. The daily rate per cow was 62.8 pounds, up 
0.5 pounds from September 2011. The dairy herd was estimated at 374,000 head 
for September, up 7,000 from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during September totaled 14.7 billion 
pounds, down 0.5 percent from September 2011. The daily production per cow in 
the 23 major States averaged 57.7 pounds for September, down 0.4 pounds from 
September 2011. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 
8.47 million head, 5,000 head more than September 2011, but 25,000 head less 
than August 2012.

                         Milk production, September                         
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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     367     374    8,374   8,466   8,471 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 62.8    62.3    62.8     57.6    58.1    57.7 
Production        : Mil lbs :  677     686     705   14,482  14,744  14,670 
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