Nationally, 16.5 billion pounds of milk was produced in the 23 major dairy states, which was up 2.7 percent higher than in 2015, and more than the previous month’s 16 billion.
California continues to have the highest total production with about 3.3 billion pounds. Texas had the greatest increase in year-to-year output as that state produced 922 million pounds of milk in October, up 8.2 percent from the same month last year.
Meanwhile, the number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major states was 8.67 million head, 31,000 head more than October 2015, but 2,000 head less than September 2016. The average number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was nearly 1.28 million head, about 2,000 less than last year, but about the same as September 2016. Monthly production per cow averaged 1,950 pounds, up 45 pounds from last October.
Source: WisconsinAgConnection
Link: http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=1358&yr=2016