| Missouri Dairy Business Update |  |
| Volume 2, Number 12 | |
December 2002 | |
| Missouri Dairy Business Update | |
| Volume 2, Number 12 | |
December 2002 | |
Milk prices won't improve until production begins to taper off. November milk production in the US continued to grow, but at a slower pace than in recent months.
For the whole US, milk production was up 1.9% in November over a year ago, based upon 0.7% more cows and 1.2% more milk per cow.
For Missouri, milk production dropped 1.3% from November 2001, based upon 4.3% less cows, but 2.8% more milk production per cow than year ago levels.
| November 2001 Milk Cows | November 2002 Milk Cows | % Change from last Year | Nov 2001 Monthly Lbs. Milk/Cow | Nov 2002 Monthly Lbs. Milk/Cow | % Change from Last Year | Nov. 2001 Total Milk Production (Millions of Pounds) | Nov 2002 Total Milk Production (Millions of Pounds) | % Change from Last Year | |
| USA | 9,106,000 | 9,167,000 | 0.7% | 1,461 | 1,479 | 1.2% | 13,305 | 13,555 | 1.9% |
| Top 20 States | 7,739,000 | 7,793,000 | 0.7% | 1,485 | 1,501 | 1.1% | 11,492 | 11,697 | 1.8% |
| Missouri | 141,000 | 135,000 | -4.3% | 1,080 | 1,110 | 2.8% | 152 | 150 | -1.3% |
| Kentucky | 125,000 | 120,000 | -4.0% | 1,050 | 1,000 | -4.8% | 131 | 120 | -8.4% |
| Iowa | 206,000 | 208,000 | 1.0% | 1,485 | 1,470 | -1.0% | 306 | 306 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | 372,000 | 390,000 | 4.8% | 1,730 | 1,690 | -2.3% | 644 | 659 | 2.3% |
| California | 1,614,000 | 1,670,000 | 3.5% | 1,685 | 1,700 | 0.9% | 2,720 | 2,839 | 4.4% |
| New Mexico | 280,000 | 305,000 | 8.9% | 1,665 | 1,650 | -0.9% | 466 | 503 | 7.9% |
Source: USDA, NASS, Milk Production:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/dairy/pmp-bb/