Michigan dairy farmers produce 5.5 billion
pounds (647 million gallons) of milk each year. That's enough to fill about
93,000 milk truck tankers, or enough for each person to drink 67 gallons
of milk (which was the national average annual consumption for 1997).
| Michigan |
INVENTORY |
VALUE OF PRODUCTION |
| 1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
| |
1,000 |
$1,000 |
| All Cattle and Calves, Jan 1, 1996 |
1,170.0 |
1,190.0 |
1,450.0 |
585,000 |
844,900 |
957,000 |
| Milk Cows, Jan 1, 1996 |
328.0 |
344.0 |
390.0 |
377,200 |
364,640 |
356,850 |
| Milk Production, MIL LB. |
5,565.0 |
5,234.0 |
5,568.0 |
725,420 |
739,366 |
708,806 |
92,750 Milk truck tankers (60,000 lb)
67 gallons per person
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