Milk production in the 24 major milk-producing states during March totaled 19 billion pounds, up one percent from March 2024. February revised production, at 17 billion pounds, was down 2.4 percent from February 2024. The February revision represented an increase of 26 million pounds from last month’s preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 24 major states averaged 2,125 pounds for March, four pounds above March 2024.
The number of milk cows on the farms in those states was 8.96 million head, 72,000 head more than in March 2024 and 9,000 above February 2025. Milk production in the United States during the January-March quarter totaled 56.7 billion pounds, down 0.3 percent from the same quarter in 2024. The average number of milk cows in the U.S. during the quarter was 9.4 million head, 36,000 head more than the October-December quarter and 58,000 head more than the same period last year.