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News Release
NR-13-06
January 24, 2013

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

December Milk Production

Dairy herds in Michigan produced 762 million pounds of milk during December, 
up 5.5 percent from a year ago, according to Jay Johnson, Director of the 
USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. The daily rate per cow was 65.2 pounds, up 
2.3 pounds from December 2011. The dairy herd was estimated at 377,000 head 
for December, up 7,000 from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 23 major States during December totaled 15.7 billion 
pounds, up 1.7 percent from December 2011. The daily production per cow in 
the 23 major States averaged 59.6 pounds for December, up 1.0 pound from 
December 2011. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 
8.49 million head, 5,000 head more than December 2011 and 16,000 head more 
than November 2012.

                          Milk production, December                         
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                  :         :       Michigan        :    23 Major states    
     Commodity    :  Unit   :-----------------------:-----------------------
                  :         : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  : 2010  : 2011  : 2012  
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Cows              : 1,000 Hd:  361     370     377    8,387   8,485   8,490 
Daily rate per cow: Pounds  : 62.4    62.9    65.2     57.8    58.6    59.6 
Production        : Mil lbs :  699     722     762   15,026  15,426  15,693 
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