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Milk Cows


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MILK COWS:
INVENTORY, PRODUCTION, PRICE,
AND CASH RECEIPTS

Year
Milk
Cows 1/
Production
Per Cow 2/
Total
Production 2/

Price
Cash
Receipts
Thousand Head Pounds Million Pounds Dollars Per Cwt Million Dollars
1992 9,688 15,570 150,847 13.25 19,741
1993 9,589 15,704 150,582 12.94 19,243
1994 9,500 16,175 153,664 13.12 19,932
1995 3/ 9,461 16,451 155,644 ---- ----
1/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh
2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves
3/ Estimates for price and value will be published on May 15, 1996
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MILK COWS: OPERATIONS AND INVENTORY BY SIZE GROUP
Operations and Inventory by Size Group (Head)
Total 1-29 30-49 50-99 100-199 200+
Percent 1/
1993
Operations 2/ 159,450 37.2 22.2 26.9 9.3 4.4
Milk Cows 3/ 9,589,000 5.0 14.8 29.2 19.2 31.8
1994
Operations 2/ 148,690 35.8 22.0 27.7 9.9 4.6
Milk Cows 3/ 9,500,000 4.6 14.0 28.7 19.3 33.4
1995
Operations 2/ 140,090 34.4 22.2 27.9 10.6 5.0
Milk Cows 3/ 9,461,000 4.0 13.0 28.0 20.0 35.0
1/ Percent: average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year but based primarily on beginning-of-year and mid-year surveys.
2/ Operation: a place with at least one head at any time during the year
3/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh
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