Missouri Dairy Business Update
Volume 2, Number 8
August 2002

Milk production in the U.S. continued to increase in July, up 2.5% over July 2001 on a 0.7% increase in cow numbers and a 1.8% increase in milk production per cow.

Milk production in Missouri continued to decrease in July, down - 0.6% compared with July 2001 on a drop of 9000 cows, but with production per cow up 6.2% over July 2001.

	July 2002 Milk Cows	% Change from last Year	Monthly Lbs. Milk/Cow	% Change from Last Year	Total Milk Production (Millions of Pounds)	% Change from Last Year
USA	9,175,000	0.7%	1,551	1.8%	14,230	2.5%
Top 20 States	7,786,000	0.5%	1,580	1.8%	12,305	2.3%
Missouri	137,000	-6.2%	1,120	6.2%	153	-0.6%
Kentucky	123,000	-4.7%	1,065	1.9%	131	-3.0%
Iowa	210,000	0.5%	1,480	0.3%	311	1.0%
Idaho	393,000	6.2%	1,830	-0.5%	719	5.6%
California	1,650,000	3.6%	1,815	2.5%	2,995	6.3%

Source: USDA, NASS, Milk Production:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/dairy/pmp-bb/