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South Dakota
ANNUAL MILK
PRODUCTION AND INCOME
News Release
April 29, 2005


SOUTH DAKOTA MILK CASH RECEIPTS UP

SIOUX FALLS, April 29, 2005 _ Cash receipts from marketings of milk during 2004, at $220.4 million, was up 25 percent from the $176.7 million in 2003, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Office. Producer returns averaged $16.50 per cwt., up $3.10 per cwt. from the previous year.

Total milk production in South Dakota increased 1 percent in 2004, to 1,347 million pounds. The rate per cow, at 16,838 pounds, was up 4 percent from 2003. The 2004 average number of cows on farms, at 80,000 head, was down 2,000 head from 2003.
                        

        
The complete report can be accessed at www.usda.gov/nass/
or call Carter Anderson or Steve Noyes at
605-323-6500


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