Wisconsin Ag Connection - December Milk Production Up Again in Wisconsin

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December Milk Production Up Again in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/23/2015

Wisconsin dairy farmers finished the year out strong in 2014 with eight consecutive months of increased milk output. According to the USDA's monthly milk production report, the Dairy State produced 2.36 billion pounds of milk in December, up 3.1 percent from December 2013, and higher than November's 2.25 billion pounds.

Nationally, 16.2 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, which was up 3.2 percent higher than in 2013, and more than the previous month's 15.5 billion.

California continues to have the highest total production with about 3.47 billion pounds. Texas had the greatest increase in year-to-year output as that state produced 879 million pounds of milk in December, up 9.7 percent from the same month last year.

All of the major milk producing states had an increase in production in December when compared with last year, with the exception of California, Illinois and Oregon.

Meanwhile, the number of milk cows in the major dairy states totaled 8.61 million head, 107,000 head more than December 2013, and 16,000 head more than November 2014. The average number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was 1.27 million head. Production per cow averaged 1,855 pounds, up 50 pounds from a year ago.

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