Production, Disposition, and Income, 1993 - 97 Revised, 1998 Preliminary
 

Item             Unit    1993    1994    1995     1996    1997    1998

 Milk Cows on   Thous.      132     130      129     126     125      124
 Farms 1/

 Milk
 Production 2/
 Milk Per Cow   Lbs.     15,114  14,800   15,116  14,325  14,864   14,847
 Milkfat Per    Lbs.        538     536      543     520     529      540
 Cow
 Total Milk     Mil.      1,995   1,924    1,950   1,805   1,858    1,841
                Lbs.
 Total Milkfat  Mil.         71      70       70      66      66       67
                Lbs.

 Milk Used
 Where Produced
 Fed to Calves  Mil.         16      16       16      12      13       11
 2/             Lbs.
 Milk, Cream &  Mil.          4       4        4       3       2        2
 Butter         Lbs.
 Total Used on  Mil.         20      20       20      15      15       13
 Farm           Lbs.

 Milk Marketed
 by Producers
 3/
 Total Milk     Mil.      1,975   1,904    1,930   1,790   1,843    1,828
 Marketings 3/  Lbs.
 Combined Price Dols.     14.00   14.30    13.80   16.20   14.00    16.20
 Per 100 Lbs.
 Cash Receipts  Thous.$  276,500 272,272  266,340 289,980 258,020 296,136

 Value of Milk
 Used
 Value of Milk  Thous.$     560     572  552         486     280      324
 Used Where
 Produced 4/
 Gross Producer Thous.$  277,060 272,844  266,892 290,466 258,300 296,460
 Income 5/
 Value of Milk  Thous.$  279,300 275,132  269,100 292,410 260,120 298,242
 Produced 4/ 6/
 1/ Based on average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not
 yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk suckled by calves. 3/ Sold to plants and
 dealers, and includes milk produced by dealer's own herds, milk sold
 directly to consumers, and milk produced by institutional herds. 4/
 Valued at average returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings
 of milk and cream. 5/ Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream
 plus value of milk used for home consumption and farm churned butter. 6/
 Includes value of milk fed to calves.