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US: Cow's milk production

This page contains:
  • two graphs showing monthly production of cow's Milk in US over the last three years;
  • a chart comparing data for the annual production of cow's milk in the US and price trends for farm-gate milk (converted into Euros) over a given time period;
  • two tables giving us an overview of annual production, expressed in both tonnes and pounds, over a given period.

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Milk production in the United States has increased significantly over the past 20 years. The US production structure has undergone significant changes from the 1990s to the present day, with a sharp decrease in the number of dairy cows and producers. On the contrary, the quantity produced per capita has grown significantly (up 60% compared to the early 1980s) thanks, in particular, to technological advances, genetic research and business management improvements.

The type of business has also changed: the number of small and medium-sized businesses has decreased significantly while the number of large companies (those with over 500 head of cattle) has grown, accounting for almost 50% of the country's total milk production.

The companies tend to be located in States where the conditions for dairy production are better: California, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Minnesota, New Mexico, Michigan, Texas and Washington guarantee 71% of the entire national production.
The companies expand their production mainly in the Western US States, where there are four general factors that appeal to producers:
  • availability of land and water,
  • infrastructure,
  • a favourable climate,
  • optimised business management practices.
Together with best business management practices, the opportunity to use land that is far away from residential areas (due to low competition for land use) has significantly reduced farm-gate milk production costs, especially in California.
Production costs have been considerably lowered thanks to the following factors in particular:
  • the presence of major infrastructures (services, technical support, livestock assistance),
  • the enhancement of production efficiency (in-house production versus outsourcing),
  • the quality of animal feeds,
  • favourable federal legislation within these particular States,
  • tax incentives.
The market impact of competitive prices in western regions has also affected producers throughout the rest of the country.

(May 2010)
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USA: Milk Supply
MONTHLY MOVING AVERAGE
LAST 12 MONTHS LAST 6 MONTHS LAST 2 MONTHS
Month 2008 2013 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 ± % on
2022 		± % on
2021
January 7.248 7.763 8.360 8.442 8.562 8.785 8.641 8.759 +1,4% -0,3%
February 6.886 7.150 7.700 7.696 8.119 8.024 7.956 8.040 +1,1% +0,2%
March 7.467 8.020 8.613 8.549 8.798 8.982 8.943 8.991 +0,5% +0,1%
April 7.311 7.828 8.358 8.362 8.466 8.779 8.685 8.714(p) +0,3% -0,7%
May 7.576 8.084 8.674 8.646 8.609 9.008 8.961
June 7.230 7.685 8.292 8.268 8.346 8.593 8.582
July 7.252 7.616 8.315 8.337 8.500 8.666 8.700
August 7.143 7.617 8.277 8.289 8.451 8.493 8.626
September 6.860 7.184 7.891 7.983 8.178 8.175 8.275
October 7.083 7.467 8.107 8.227 8.441 8.445 8.532
November 6.901 7.257 7.861 7.937 8.217 8.174 8.248
December 7.216 7.608 8.242 8.346 8.605 8.522 8.575
Jan-Apr 28.912 30.760 33.031 33.049 33.945 34.570 34.225 34.504
% y-o-y ¹ +10,4% +6,4% +7,4% +0,1% +2,7% +1,8% -1,0% +0,8%
Total Year 86.173 91.278 98.688 99.084 101.292 102.646 102.722
% y-o-y ¹ +11,5% +5,9% +8,1% +0,4% +2,2% +1,3% +0,1%
Last Update: 20-05-2023
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2008, 2013, 2018, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago
(p) = provisional
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
 
Min Production in the last 5 years
 
Max Production in the last 5 years
Month 2008 2013 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 ± % on
2022 		± % on
2021
January 15.980 17.114 18.431 18.612 18.875 19.368 19.050 19.311 +1,4% -0,3%
February 15.180 15.762 16.976 16.966 17.900 17.690 17.540 17.726 +1,1% +0,2%
March 16.462 17.681 18.988 18.847 19.395 19.801 19.715 19.821 +0,5% +0,1%
April 16.118 17.257 18.425 18.435 18.665 19.354 19.147 19.210(p) +0,3% -0,7%
May 16.703 17.822 19.122 19.062 18.980 19.859 19.755
June 15.940 16.943 18.280 18.228 18.400 18.945 18.920
July 15.988 16.791 18.331 18.379 18.740 19.104 19.180
August 15.747 16.793 18.247 18.275 18.630 18.723 19.016
September 15.124 15.837 17.396 17.600 18.030 18.022 18.242
October 15.615 16.461 17.872 18.138 18.609 18.618 18.809
November 15.213 15.998 17.330 17.499 18.115 18.021 18.184
December 15.908 16.772 18.170 18.400 18.970 18.788 18.904
Jan-Apr 63.740 67.814 72.820 72.860 74.835 76.213 75.452 76.068
% y-o-y ¹ +10,4% +6,4% +7,4% +0,1% +2,7% +1,8% -1,0% +0,8%
Total Year 189.978 201.231 217.568 218.441 223.309 226.293 226.462
% y-o-y ¹ +11,5% +5,9% +8,1% +0,4% +2,2% +1,3% +0,1%
Last Update: 20-05-2023
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2008, 2013, 2018, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago
*: Conversion: 1 Kg = 2.2046 Pounds
(p) = provisional
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
 
Min Production in the last 5 years
 
Max Production in the last 5 years
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