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News Release
NR-12-85
December 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

November Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 718 million pounds of milk during November, 
up 4.4 percent from a year ago, according to Jay Johnson, Director of the 
USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. The daily rate per cow was 63.8 pounds, up 
1.6 pounds from November 2011. The dairy herd was estimated at 375,000 head 
for November, up 6,000 from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during November totaled 14.9 billion 
pounds, up 1.1 percent from November 2011. The daily production per cow in 
the 23 major States averaged 58.6 pounds for November, up 0.6 pounds from 
November 2011. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 
8.47 million head, 3,000 head less than November 2011 but 8,000 head more 
than October 2012.

                          Milk production, November                         
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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     375    8,375   8,475   8,472 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 61.3    62.2    63.8     57.4    58.0    58.6 
Production        : Mil lbs :  662     688     718   14,423  14,742  14,898 
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