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U.S. Milk Pelt Production Up 9 Percent
USAgNet - 07/09/2012
Mink pelt production in the United States in 2011 totaled 3.09 million pelts, up 9 percent from 2010. Wisconsin, the largest mink producing state, produced 1.05 million pelts. Utah produced 698,960 pelts.
The number of pelts by color class as a percent of the total United States production in 2011 is as follows: Black at 52 percent, Mahogany at 25 percent, and Blue Iris at 9 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 14 percent.
Value of pelts produced during the 2011 crop year was $292 million, up 25 percent from $233 million a year ago. The average price per pelt for the 2011 crop year was $94.30, up $12.40 from $81.90 in 2010.
Female mink bred to produce kits in 2012 totaled 769,970, up 9 percent from the previous year.
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