date:Oct 22, 2015
The United States Department of Agriculture reported this afternoon that U.S. milk production was up just 0.4% in September, the slowest rate of increase all year. Third quarter production was also up just 0.9% as well.
Dairy cow numbers dipped 5,000 head in September from August, now totaling 9.31 million cows. But thats still 36,000 head above a year ago.
California continues to lose milk production. It was down 3.6% in September compared to a year ago, the tenth straight month of production