Milk Cows, Production per Cow, and Total Production by Months 1992 - 1997 1/
Month	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Milk Cows on Farms 2/	-Thousand Head-
January	140	134	130	129	128	125
February	139	133	130	129	127	124
March	138	133	130	129	127	124
April	137	132	130	129	127	123
May	137	132	130	129	126	122
June	136	132	130	129	126	122
July	136	131	129	129	126	121
August	136	132	129	129	126	121
September	136	131	129	129	126	120
October	135	131	129	128	126	120
November	135	131	129	128	126	120
December	135	130	129	128	125	120
Annual Average	137	132	130	129	126	122
Milk Per Cow 3/	-Pounds-
January	1,295	1,345	1,285	1,350	1,235	1,270
February	1,235	1,235	1,160	1,215	1,165	1,180
March	1,325	1,345	1,290	1,355	1,265	1,320
April	1,275	1,310	1,275	1,335	1,240	1,300
May	1,285	1,320	1,275	1,350	1,245	1,345
June	1,185	1,205	1,145	1,240	1,105	1,240
July	1,160	1,185	1,170	1,210	1,125	1,230
August	1,205	1,225	1,210	1,195	1,160	1,250
September	1,200	1,185	1,220	1,200	1,140	1,240
October	1,265	1,250	1,260	1,240	1,200	1,280
November	1,245	1,235	1,250	1,205	1,170	1,260
December	1,310	1,290	1,310	1,250	1,240	1,340
Annual Average	14,956	15,114	14,800	15,116	14,325	15,238
Milk Production 3/	-Million Pounds-
January	181	180	167	174	158	159
February	172	164	151	157	148	146
March	183	179	168	175	161	164
April	175	173	166	172	157	160
May	176	174	166	174	157	164
June	161	159	149	160	139	151
July	158	155	151	156	142	149
August	164	162	156	154	146	151
September	163	155	157	155	144	149
October	171	164	163	159	151	154
November	168	162	161	154	147	151
December	177	168	169	160	155	161
Annual Total	2,049	1,995	1,924	1,950	1,805	1,859
1/ 1992-1996 Revised, 1997 Preliminary. 2/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 3/ Excludes milk suckled by calves.