Pennsylvania Milk Production Down Slightly from 2022

Milk production in Pennsylvania during February 2023 totaled 781 million pounds, down 0.1 percent from February 2022.

The average milk price received by Pennsylvania farmers in January 2023, at $23.90 per hundredweight, is down $1.60 from December 2022 and down $0.90 from January a year ago.

Milk production in the 24 major States during February totaled 16.9 billion pounds, up 1.0 percent from February 2022. January revised production, at 18.5 billion pounds, was up 1.5 percent from January 2022. The January revision represented an increase of 5 million pounds or less than 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 24 major States averaged 1,892 pounds for February, 7 pounds above February 2022. The number of milk cows on farms in the 24 major States was 8.94 million head, 54,000 head more than February 2022, and 12,000 head more than January 2023.