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Attempts to cut milk production fall short

Milk production for August still showed a one percent increase following efforts in the last month to cut the herd size.

USDA says production in the U.S. for the month totaled nearly 19 billion pounds, with production per cow down one pound from last year.  

The herd size was up 106,000 head on the year but down 19,000 from last month. 

South Dakota production grew nearly 16 percent followed by Georgia and Indiana, up more than four percent.  Production in New Mexico declined by more than nine percent, followed by Washington. Michigan remains the leader in per cow output.