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News Release
NR-12-78
November 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

October Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 729 million pounds of milk during October, 
up 2.7 percent from a year ago, according to Jay Johnson, Director of the 
USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. The daily rate per cow was 62.9 pounds, up 
0.8 pounds from October 2011. The dairy herd was estimated at 374,000 head 
for October, up 5,000 from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during October totaled 15.2 billion 
pounds, down slightly from October 2011. The daily production per cow in the 
23 major States averaged 57.8 pounds for October, up 0.1 pounds from October 
2011. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.47 
million head, 10,000 head less than October 2011 and 8,000 head less than 
September 2012.

                          Milk production, October                          
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                  :         :       Michigan        :    23 Major states    
     Commodity    :  Unit   :-----------------------:-----------------------
                  :         : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  
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Cows              : 1,000 Hd:  360     369     374    8,375   8,475   8,465 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 61.8    62.1    62.9     57.0    57.7    57.8 
Production        : Mil lbs :  689     710     729   14,799  15,170  15,165 
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