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NEXT UPDATE is on or before May 18, 2008

-- Released April 18th, March 2008 milk production in the 23 states for which USDA reports monthly was 15.1 billion pounds, 2.4 percent above March 2007. February revised production at 13.9 billion pounds, up 0.2 percent from a year ago.

States that showed an increase when comparing this March's milk production with a year ago were: Arizona up 3.6 percent; California up 2.4 percent; Colorado up 11.4 percent; Idaho up 8.2 percent; Iowa up 1.4 percent; Kansas up 5.8; Minnesota up 0.1 percent; New Mexico up 8.3 percent; New York up 2.7 percent; Ohio up 1.2 percent; Texas up 10.1 percent; Vermont up 3.7 percent; Virginia up 0.6 percent; Washington up 3.8 percent; and Wisconsin up 1.7 percent.

States that declined included Florida down 2.9 percent; Illinois down 1.8 percent; Indiana down 2.4 percent; Kentucky down 1.7 percent; Michigan down 0.5 percent; Missouri down 9.5 percent; Oregon 9.5 percent; and Pennsylvania down 2.0 percent from a year ago.

The number of cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.44 million head. This is 141,000 head more than March 2007 and 9,000 head more than last month. Production per cow in the 23 major states averaged 1,795 pounds for March, 12 pounds above March 2007.

Note: The annual production of milk for the U.S. during 2007 was 186 billion pounds, 2.1 percent above 2006. The average number of milk cows in the U.S. last year was 9.16 million head, up 0.5 percent from 2006. Production per cow averaged 20,267 pounds for 2007. That's up 316 pounds from 2006 and up 17.9 percent from 1998.

Milk production data for 23 states on which USDA reports monthly is released on the 17th of the month following the month for which the information applies. For example, June milk production is released July 15. Should the 15th fall on the weekend, the production figures are released on the Friday before. At the same time the current production figures are released, updated data for the previous month's milk production is released. These graphs reflect the updated information. Quarterly, USDA releases production information for all states. When available, the information for the entire U.S. is noted.

The 23 states for which the USDA reports milk production are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.