Milk production in the 23 major producing states totaled 16,525 million lbs in May, up 1% from 16,384 million lbs in May 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in the latest Milk Production report.
Milk production for April was revised to 16,059 million lbs, up slightly from 16,031 million lbs in April 2012 and a decrease of 20 million lbs from last month’s preliminary production estimate.
