Milk production in the 23 major milk-producing states during December totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 2.7% from December 2010, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
November's revised production at 14.7 billion pounds was up 2.2% from November 2010. The November revision represented an increase of 3 million pounds or less than 0.1% from last month's preliminary production estimate.