USDA’s Milk Production shows June milk production down 1 percent
from a year ago to 18.8 billion pounds, with 62,000 fewer cows than
were in the herd a year ago. Cow numbers are down 9,000 head from
last month to 9.335 million head. Milk production per cow is six pounds
behind where it was a year ago, with prolonged heat waves and the
rippling effects of HPAI in dairy thought to play a role in the decline.
With six months of 2024 behind us, US milk production year-to-date is
0.9 percent behind 2023 production levels.