Milk Production Drops For Third Consecutive Month
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BY MARTHA J. GEHRINGER
WASHINGTON - Milk
production nationwide dropped for
the third consecutive month in
September, according to a USDA
report issued Thursday.
The report includes data from 21
states which produce 85.1 percent
of the milk in the country, John
Rourke, USDA agricultural
marketing specialist noted.
In September 1986 total
production, for the 21 states
reporting, stood at 9.8 billion
pounds of milk. This level dropped
3 percent from the September 1985
total of 10 million pounds of milk,
Rourke said.
For the quarter from July to
September 1986 the total U.S. milk
production dropped 2 percent from
the same period in 1985, Rourke
noted.
Pennsylvania’s total milk
volume also dropped in September
1986 to the 822 million pounds. This
total decreased 1 percent from the
September 1985 volume of 827
million pounds. Pennsylvania
continued with the nationwide
trend, and recorded a three-month*
low total volume of milk. In August
1986 production stood at 851 million
pounds of milk compared to 867
million pounds of milk in July 1986.
New York state farmers
decreased total milk production by
3 percent from September 1985 to
September 1986. Wisconsin
recorded a 4 percent decrease for
the same period, Rourke said.
However, the USDA official
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noted that Maryland and
California reversed the nationwide
trend and recorded increases in
total production. Milk volume
increased by 1 percent in
Maryland and 2 percent in
California.
At the end of September, 52
percent of the cows in the buyout
program were taken our of
production, either by export or
slaughter, Rourke explained. The
removal of this volume of cows in
the first buyout period account for
the drop in production, he ex
plained.
The buyout program and the
drought in the southeast portion of
the nation accounted for a 4 per
cent drop in the number of cows on
farms nationwide, the marketing
specialist noted.
In September 1986 there were 8.9
million cows recorded in the 21
states reporting, down from 9.3
million cows in September 1985.
For the same period, Penn
sylvania reported a decrease of
11.000 cows. The September 1986
total, 734,000, remained constant
from August 1986. Maryland in
creased the number of cows from
124.000 in September 1985 to 125,000
in September 1986.
New York recorded a decrease
of 17,000 cows during the Sep
tember-to-September period.
USDA figures also show that
California dropped from one
million cows in Septemer 1985 to
992,000 cows in September 1986.
Wisconsin decreased the number
of cows for the same period by
39,000.
These decreases are offset by a
11 percent increase in production
per cow, Rourke said.
Nationwide production per cow
for September 1986 was recorded at
1,090 pounds compared to 1,079
pounds in September 1985. In
Pennsylvania per cow production
increased from 1,110 to 1,120. New
York and Maryland recorded 10
pound increases per cow for the
same period.
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The Minnesota-Wisconsin price
was favorably influenced by the
decrease in production and staged
an increase of 43 cents for Sep
tember 1985 to the $11.55 mark in
September 1986. The M-W price is
up 22 cents from August 1986 and 49
cents from July 1986, Rourke said.
All milk wholesale sold for $12.28
per hundredweight in September
1986, an increase of 25 cents from
September 1985.
In Federal Order 2 the minimum
price per hundredweight for Class
1 milk increased from $13.35 to
$13.61 for the September-to-
September period, according to
figures released this week by the
Thomas Wilson, Order 2 market
administrator.
Producers in Federal Order 4
received a minimum of $14.09 for
Class 1 milk in September 1986, an
increase of 21 cents from the
September 1985 price of $13.88,
according to figures released by
Joseph Shine, Order 2 market
administrator.
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The total number of producers in
each Federal Order decreased. In
Order 2, there were 15,569 total
producers in September 1986
compared to 16,486 in September
1985.
Order 4 listed 6,484 producers in
September 1986 compared to 6,702
producer in September 1985, a
decrease of 218 producers.
Producers in Order 4, however,
increased production by .6 percent
for the period, according to the
market administators figures. In
September 1986, the dairymen
shipped 513 million pounds of milk
compared to 510 million pounds in
September 1985.
Yet, dairymen in Order 2
decreased production for the same
period by 1.9 percent, or 17.7
million pounds. In September 1986,
producers in Order 2 shipped 913
million pounds of milk compared
to 930.8 million pounds of milk in
September 1985, according to the
market administrators figures for
the month.
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