Wisconsin gaining ground on California in terms of dairy production
Wisconsin News-- Wisconsin had another big increase in its milk production last month, as the Badger State continued to chip away at the lead held by top-producing California.
Wisconsin had another big increase in its milk production last month, as the Badger State continued to chip away at the lead held by top-producing California.
According to new government figures, Wisconsin made six-point-two percent more milk in April than the same month a year ago. That’s more than four times the national increase of one-and-a-half percent.
The state produced two-point-two billion pounds of milk to three-point-four billion for California – whose output was steady compared to the previous year. The Golden State’s dairy herd dropped by 69,000 but each animal averaged 75 pounds more. Wisconsin’s dairy herd grew by five-thousand cows to just over one-and-a-quarter million head.
The Badger State’s production per cow rose by 95 pounds, to an average of 1,745. New York is the nation’s third top milk producer, followed by Idaho and Pennsylvania. All three saw their production rise, but not by as much as Wisconsin.
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