Milk production in Wisconsin during April 2019 totaled 2.54 billion pounds, up less than 1 percent from the previous April, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Milk Production report. Compared to last month production, which was just over 2.6 billion pounds, is down a bit. The average number of milk cows during April, at 1.27 million head, was the same as last month but down 4,000 from last year. Monthly production per cow averaged 2,000 pounds, up 15 pounds from last April.
Milk production in the 23 major States* during April totaled 17.4 billion pounds, up 0.3 percent from April 2018. March revised production, at 17.8 billion pounds, was down 0.3 percent from March 2018. The March revision represented a decrease of 40 million pounds or 0.2 percent from last month’s preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,996 pounds for April, 19 pounds above April 2018. This is the highest production per cow for the month of April since the 23 State series began in 2003.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.71 million head, 55,000 head less than April 2018, and 1,000 head less than March 2019.
*The 23 major states include; AZ, CA, CO, FL, ID, IL, IA, KS, MI, MN, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI
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