mn-press-releases MINNESOTA AG NEWS USDA, NASS MN Dept of Agriculture MINNESOTA FIELD OFFICE PO Box 7068, St. Paul, MN 55107 Douglas Hartwig, Director Phone: (651) 296-2230 Homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/mn/ E-mail: nass-mn@nass.usda.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILK PRODUCTION Released: January 16, 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MINNESOTA’S DECEMBER MILK OUTPUT UP 2.3 PERCENT December 2008 milk production totaled 749 million pounds in Minnesota, up 2.3 percent from the 732 million pounds produced in December 2007, according to the USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office. November milk output was revised to 711 million pounds. Minnesota’s production per cow averaged 1,610 pounds in December 2008, up 30 pounds from last December. The revised November rate was 1,530 pounds per cow. The average number of milk cows on farms in Minnesota during December 2008 was 465,000 head, unchanged from the November number, but up 2,000 from one year ago. Accumulated Minnesota milk production for 2008 was 8.78 billion pounds, up 1.4 percent from the same period a year ago. DECEMBER MILK PRODUCTION UP 1.5 PERCENT IN MAJOR STATES Milk production during December 2008 totaled 14.6 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from December 2007 in the 23 major States. November’s revised production was at 14.0 billion pounds, up 1.3 percent from November 2007. The November revision represented a decrease of 11 million pounds from last month’s preliminary estimate. Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,726 pounds for December, up 8 pounds from December 2007. The number of milk cows in the 23 major States was 8.48 million head, 90,000 head more than December 2007, and 7,000 head more than November 2008. Accumulated milk production in the 23 major states for 2008 was 175.0 billion pounds, up 2.5 percent from the same period a year ago. MILK PRODUCTION, MAJOR STATES MILK COWS RATE PER COW MILK PRODUCTION Nov Nov Nov 2008 as Dec 2008 Dec Dec 2008 Dec Dec 2008 Dec % of State 2007 Rev. 2008 2007 Rev. 2008 2007 Rev. 2008 2007 Thousand Head Pounds Million Pounds Percent CA 1,835 1,843 1,844 1,885 1,795 1,860 3,459 3,308 3,430 99.2 ID 530 554 554 1,870 1,770 1,820 991 981 1,008 101.7 MN 463 465 465 1,580 1,530 1,610 732 711 749 102.3 NY 626 624 625 1,620 1,580 1,620 1,014 986 1,013 99.9 PA 550 548 548 1,620 1,510 1,580 891 827 866 97.2 WI 1,250 1,254 1,255 1,600 1,565 1,630 2,000 1,963 2,046 102.3 23 States 8,389 8,472 8,479 1,718 1,655 1,726 14,414 14,021 14,633 101.5