Milk production in the 23 major dairy producing states during March totaled 17.2 billion pounds, up 1.8 percent from March of last year. USDA’s monthly milk production report shows the number of milk cows on farms in the major dairy producing states was 8.64 million head, 19,000 head more than March of 2015, and 9,000 head more than February of this year. Production per cow averaged 1,993 pounds for March, 31 pounds above last year. This is the highest production per cow for the month of March since the 23-state report began in 2003. USDA also revised the February milk production estimate by four million pounds to 15.8 billion pounds, 4.6 percent higher than a year earlier. USDA says milk production in the United States during the January-March quarter totaled 53.0 billion pounds, up 2.1 percent from the January-March quarter last year.
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