(USAGNET) – The annual production of milk for the United States during 2021 was 226 billion pounds, 1.3 percent above 2020.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says revisions to 2020 production increased the annual output to 89 million pounds.

Production per cow in the United States averaged 23,948 pounds for 2021, 171 pounds above 2020. The average annual rate of milk production per cow has increased 10.2 percent from 2021.

Meanwhile, the average number of milk cows on farms in the United States during 2021 was 9.45 million head, up less than one percent from 2020. The average annual number of milk cows has increased 2.3 percent from 2021.