EAST LANSING, Mich. — Dairy herds in Michigan produced 1,008 million pounds of milk during April, up 4.5 percent from a year ago, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Production per cow in Michigan averaged 2,275 pounds for April, 20 pounds above April 2020. The dairy herd was estimated at 443,000 head for April, up 15,000 head from a year earlier.

Milk production in the 24 major States during April totaled 18.4 billion pounds, up 3.5 percent from April 2020. March revised production, at 18.9 billion pounds, was up 2.2 percent from March 2020. The March revision represented an increase of 30 million pounds or 0.2 percent from last month’s preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 2,051 pounds for April, 42 pounds above April 2020. The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.98 million head, 121,000 head more than April 2020, and 15,000 head more than March 2021.

— USDA NASS Great Lakes Region

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