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Ag stats: Mountain region quarterly milk production highlights

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Arizona dairy herds produced 1.26 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 4.7 percent from the previous year. 

Colorado dairy herds produced 1.16 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 5.9 percent from the previous year.

Montana dairy herds produced 64.0 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 8.6 percent from the previous year. 

New Mexico dairy herds produced 2.04 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 3.8 percent from the previous year. 

Utah dairy herds produced 563.0 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 1.1 percent from the previous year.

Wyoming dairy herds produced 35.9 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 3.2 percent from the previous year.

UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS 

Milk production in the United States during the January - March quarter totaled 54.5 billion pounds, up 0.2 percent from the January - March quarter last year.

Mountain Region Quarterly Milk Production by State and United States: January - March 2019

State

Quarterly Milk Production

 
 

2018

2019 *1

Change from 2018

 

million pounds

million pounds

percent

Arizona 

1,325.0 

1,263.0 

-4.7 

Colorado 

1,096.0 

1,161.0 

5.9 

Montana 

70.0 

64.0 

-8.6 

New Mexico 

2,116.0 

2,036.0 

-3.8 

Utah 

557.0 

563.0 

1.1 

Wyoming 

34.8 

35.9 

3.2 

United States 

54,399.0 

54,502.0 

0.2 

*1 - Preliminary