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Ag stats: Mountain states quarterly milk production report – October-December 2020

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Arizona dairy herds produced 1.19 billion pounds of milk during the October - December quarter, down 0.3 percent from the previous year. 

Colorado dairy herds produced 1.30 billion pounds of milk during the October - December quarter, up 6.8 percent from the previous year. 

Montana dairy herds produced 62.0 million pounds of milk during the October - December quarter, down 3.1 percent from the previous year. 

New Mexico dairy herds produced 2.06 billion pounds of milk during the October - December quarter, up 2.7 percent from the previous year. 

Utah dairy herds produced 548.0 million pounds of milk during the October - December quarter, down 1.1 percent from the previous year. 

Wyoming dairy herds produced 51.8 million pounds of milk during the October - December quarter, up 39.2 percent from the previous year. 

UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS 

Milk production in the United States during the October - December quarter totaled 55.6 billion pounds, up 3.0 percent from the October - December quarter last year.

Mountain Region Quarterly Milk Production by State and United States: October - December 2020

 State 

Quarterly Milk Production

Change from 2019

 

2019

2020 (1)

 
 

million pounds

million pounds

Percent

Arizona 

1,189.0 

1,186.0 

-0.3 

Colorado 

1,219.0 

1,302.0 

6.8 

Montana 

64.0 

62.0 

-3.1 

New Mexico. 

2,006.0 

2,060.0 

2.7 

Utah 

554.0 

548.0 

-1.1 

Wyoming 

37.2 

51.8 

39.2 

United States

54,006.0 

55,604.0 

3.0 

 - Represents less than 0.5% 

 (1) Preliminary