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Article: 2007 MILK PRODUCTION, MILK COWS ON FARMS, AND JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 15, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Montana Agricultural Statistics office issued the following press release:
The annual milk production for Montana during 2007 was 333 million pounds, 6 percent below 2006. Production per cow averaged 18,500 pounds for 2007, 132 pounds below 2006. The average number of milk cows on farms during 2007 was 18,000 head, down 1,000 head from 2006. The number of operations with milk cows was 550, down from 600 in 2006. The number of licensed dairy herds went from 110 in 2006 to 85 in 2007.
Milk production in the 23 major States during January totaled 14.6 billion pounds, up 2.4 percent from January 2007. December production, unrevised at 14.4 billion pounds, ...