Wisconsin's total milk production was up in November compared to the same period a year earlier. According to the USDA's latest milk production report, Wisconsin farmers produced 2.58 billion pounds during the month, which was 1.3 percent higher than last November, but less than the 2.66 billion made in October 2022 (which had more days on the calendar).
Nationally, 17.5 billion pounds of milk were produced in the 24 major dairy states for the month. That was up 1.4 percent from 2021, but lower than the previous month's production of 18.1 billion pounds.
California continues to have the highest total production with about 3.33 billion pounds. Georgia had the greatest percent-increase in output as that state produced 164 million pounds of milk--about 13.1 percent more than the same period last year. Fifteen of the top 24 states had higher year-to-year production last month.
Meanwhile, the number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major states was 8.94 million head, 48,000 head more than November 2021, and 1,000 head more than October 2022. The average number of milk cows on Wisconsin farms for the month was 1.27 million head--unchanged from last month, but down 6,000 from November 2021. Monthly production per cow averaged 2,030 pounds, up 35 pounds from last November.
Categories: Wisconsin, Livestock, Dairy Cattle