SOUTH CAROLINA APRIL - JUNE 2005 MILK PRODUCTION UP

Columbia, S.C., July 26, 2005:   There were an estimated 80 million pounds of milkproduced in SOUTH CAROLINA during the April-June quarter of 2005, according to the USDA-NASS, South Carolina Field Office. This is up 5 percent from the April-June 2004 quarter, but down 1 percent from last quarter.

There were 18,000 milk cows on SOUTH CAROLINA farms during April-June 2005, up 1,000 cows from last year, but unchanged from the previous quarter of 2005.

U.S. APRIL-JUNE MILK PRODUCTION UP

Milk production in the UNITED STATES during the April-June quarter totaled 45.6 billion pounds, up 4.1 percent from the April-June quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the U.S. during the quarter was 9.04 million head, 34,000 head more than the same period last year.

For additional information call:                 Robert A. Graham, Director

                                                                                      Stan Cheek, Agricultural Statistician