Milk production during March picked back up as dairy farmers added cows and per cow output improved on the month.

USDA says production in the U.S. for the month was up 1.8 percent at nearly 20 billion pounds with production per cow up 20 pounds from last year.  Production was up one percent for the first quarter.

The herd size was up 93,000 head on the year and 7,000 from last month. 

Michigan remains the leader in per cow output.

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