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Ag stats: Mountain region quarterly milk production highlights

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January-March 2020

Arizona dairy herds produced 1.26 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 0.5 percent from the previous year. 

Colorado dairy herds produced 1.25 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 7.8 percent from the previous year.

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

New Mexico dairy herds produced 2.11 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 3.8 percent from the previous year. 

Utah dairy herds produced 552.0 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 1.1 percent from the previous year. 

Wyoming dairy herds produced 40.0 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 11.4 percent from the previous year.

UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS 

Milk production in the United States during the January - March quarter totaled 56.0 billion pounds, up 2.9 percent from the January - March quarter last year.

Mountain Region Quarterly Milk Production by State and United States: January - March 2020

State

Quarterly Milk Production

Change from 2019

2019

2020 (1)

 

million pounds

million pounds

Percent

Arizona 

1,264.0 

1,258.0 

-0.5 

Colorado 

1,160.0 

1,251.0 

7.8 

Montana 

64.0 

64.0 

New Mexico 

2,036.0 

2,114.0 

3.8 

Utah 

558.0 

552.0 

-1.1 

Wyoming 

35.9 

40.0 

11.4 

United States 

54,423.0 

56,006.0 

2.9 

- Represents less than 0.5% 

(1) Preliminary