The USDA reports milk production in the 24 largest states experienced a modest decline year-over-year. Output decreased by 0.2% from July of last year.

The number of dairy cows was reported at 8.88 million. This is a decrease of 31,000 from July 2023. However, per-cow production for July increased by 2 pounds to 2,047 pounds.

The USDA revised its June milk output level to 17.9 billion pounds. This is a decrease of 1.5% year-over-year. Milk output in the quarter through June decreased 1.1% to 57.4 billion pounds.

In the three months that ended June 30, milk production per cow fell to 6,151 pounds from 6,164 pounds in the same timeframe last year.

Read more on the milk production numbers here.