Nebraska milk production in Nebraska during the July-September 2024 quarter totaled 306 million pounds, down 7% from the July-September quarter last year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The average number of milk cows was 50,000 head, 4,000 head less than the same period last year.
Kansas milk production in Nebraska during the July-September 2024 quarter totaled 306 million pounds, down 7% from the July-September quarter last year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The average number of milk cows was 50,000 head, 4,000 head less than the same period last year.
Milk production in the 24 major States during September totaled 17.5 billion pounds, up 0.2 percent from September 2023. August revised production, at 18.2 billion pounds, was up 0.5 percent from August 2023. The August revision represented an increase of 85 million pounds or 0.5 percent from last month’s preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 1,966 pounds for September, 8 pounds above September 2023. The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.89 million head, 20,000 head less than September 2023, but unchanged from August 2024.
Milk production in the United States during the July – September quarter totaled 56.0 billion pounds, up slightly from the July – September quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was 9.33 million head, 3,000 head less than the April – June quarter, and 41,000 head less than the same period last year.
