United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Milk Production
Southern Plains Regional Field Office · Post Office Box 70, Austin, Texas 78767 · 800-626-3142 · www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and Texas Department of Agriculture

July 20, 2018 Contact: Eun Kang or Jason Hardegree

This report contains results from the July 2018 Milk Production Survey collected nationally during the first two
weeks of July. Data provided by Oklahoma and Texas producers are the foundation of the estimates made for
the Southern Plains region. We would like to thank all producers who responded to the survey. Results from
the next quarterly survey will be made available on October 19, 2018.

Milk production in Oklahoma during the April-June quarter totaled 188 million pounds, down 1 percent from the
January-March quarter and down 2 percent from last year's quarter. The average number of milk cows in
Oklahoma during the quarter totaled 40,000 head, up 1,000 head from the same quarter in 2017.

Oklahoma Quarterly Milk Cow Inventory and Milk Production, 2016 - 2018
100 200

192
thousand head

75 188 190 188 175

million pounds
185
170 178
50 155 165 150

25 38 36 35 38 39 39 39 39 40 125

0 100
Apr--Jun Jul--Sep Oct--Dec Jan--Mar Apr--Jun Jul--Sep Oct--Dec Jan--Mar Apr-Jun
2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018

Milk Cows Milk Production

Milk production in Texas during the April-June quarter totaled 3,317 million pounds, up 5 percent from the
January-March quarter, and up 7 percent from last year's quarter. The average number of milk cows in Texas
during the quarter totaled 524,000 head, up 11,000 head from the same quarter in 2017.

Texas Quarterly Milk Cow Inventory and Milk Production, 2016 - 2018
700 3,500
3,317
650 3,106 3,147 3,300
thousand head

million pounds

600 2,988 2,984 2,976 3,100

550 2,796 2,900
2,721 2,680
500 524 2,700
513 515 515 516
490 500
450 470 483 2,500
400 2,300
Apr--Jun Jul--Sep Oct--Dec Jan--Mar Apr--Jun Jul--Sep Oct--Dec Jan--Mar Apr-Jun
2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018

Milk Cows Milk Production

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 Milk Cow Inventory and Milk Production: Southern Plains Region and United States, 2017-2018
Oklahoma Texas United States
Quarter
Cows Production Cows Production Cows Production
1,000 head million pounds 1,000 head million pounds 1,000 head million pounds
Apr-Jun 2018 1 40 188 524 3,317 9,403 55,790
Jan-Mar 2018 39 190 516 3,147 9,406 54,367
Oct-Dec 2017 39 178 515 2,976 9,398 53,087
Jul-Sep 2017 39 170 515 2,984 9,402 53,473
Apr-Jun 2017 39 192 513 3,106 9,399 55,344
1
Current quarter is a preliminary estimate.

Milk production in the United States during the April-June quarter totaled 55.8 billion pounds, up 0.8 percent
from the same quarter last year. The average number of milk cows in the United States during the quarter was
9.40 million head, down 3,000 head from the January-March quarter, but up 4,000 head from the same period
last year.

Milk Production (July 2018)

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