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                            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
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                            MILK PRODUCTION                   
                      Released: February 19, 2009                               
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               MINNESOTA’S JANUARY MILK OUTPUT UP 2.4 PERCENT

January 2009 milk production totaled 763 million pounds in Minnesota, up
2.4 percent from the 745 million pounds produced in January 2008, according
to the USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office.  December milk output was
revised to 750 million pounds.

Minnesota’s production per cow averaged 1,630 pounds in January 2009, up 20
pounds from last January.  The revised December rate was 1,605 pounds per
cow.  The average number of milk cows on farms in Minnesota during January
2009 was 468,000 head, up 1,000 from the December number, but up 5,000 from
one year ago.

           JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION UP 1.0 PERCENT IN MAJOR STATES

Milk production during January 2009 totaled 14.9 billion pounds, up 1.0
percent from January 2008 in the 23 major States.  December’s revised
production was at 14.7 billion pounds, up 1.8 percent from December 2007.
The December revision represented an increase of 44 million pounds from
last month’s preliminary estimate.  Production per cow in the 23 major
States averaged 1,746 pounds for January, up 5 pounds from January 2008.
The number of milk cows in the 23 major States was 8.51 million head,
58,000 head more than January 2008, but 12,000 head less than December
2008.

                       MILK PRODUCTION, MAJOR STATES
              MILK COWS         RATE PER COW          MILK PRODUCTION                                     
                 Dec                 Dec                  Dec       2009 as
          Jan   2008   Jan    Jan   2008    Jan    Jan   2008    Jan  % of
State    2008   Rev.  2009   2008   Rev.   2009   2008   Rev.   2009  2008
           Thousand Head           Pounds           Million Pounds  Percent
CA      1,838  1,840 1,831  1,900  1,870  1,880  3,492  3,441  3,442   98.6
ID        534    554   554  1,870  1,820  1,820    999  1,008  1,008  100.9
MN        463    467   468  1,610  1,605  1,630    745    750    763  102.4
NY        626    625   624  1,660  1,640  1,670  1,039  1,025  1,042  100.3
PA        552    548   550  1,630  1,580  1,630    900    866    897   99.7
WI      1,250  1,255 1,255  1,635  1,635  1,645  2,044  2,052  2,064  101.0
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States  8,451  8,521 8,509  1,741  1,722  1,746 14,714 14,677 14,855  101.0