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Producer Milk by 

State of Origin Report

United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service Dairy Programs Market Information Branch

PMSO-2018 November 6, 2019

2018 Highlights: 141.7 billion pounds of milk were pooled and marketed in Federal Milk Marketing Orders,

accounting for sixty-five percent of the U.S. milk production sold to milk dealers.

Although the milk pooled by the new California Order #51 is included in the total Federal Order Milk pooled in 

2018, this report does not include the state of origin of the California milk pooled in November and December 2018.

Forty-six of the fifty states marketed milk in Federal milk marketing orders in 2018. Thirty-five states marketed 75% 

or more of their milk and twenty-two states marketed 95% or more of their milk through Federal Orders.

Ten of the Federal Milk Marketing Orders (CA order #51 is not included) received producer milk from the following 

number of states in 2018: Northeast (1) - 19; Appalachian (005) - 21; Florida (006) - 8; Southeast (007) - 26; Upper 

Midwest (030) - 19; Central (032) - 20; Mideast (033) - 19; Pacific Northwest (124) - 4; Southwest (126) - 7; and, 

Arizona (131) - 3. 

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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated under

Federal Milk Orders, 2018

State and Region

Producer Milk Receipts

Total 1

Share of Total Milk Marketed by Producers

Fluid Grade All Milk

(million pounds) (percent) (percent)

New York 14,437 97 97

Pennsylvania 9,945 94 94

Vermont 2,651 100 100

Maryland 911 99 99

Maine 608 99 99

Connecticut 416 98 98

New Hampshire 235 95 95

Massachusetts 185 92 92

New Jersey 98 91 91

Delaware 88 97 97

Rhode Island 7 58 58

 Northeast 29,581 96 96

Florida 2,367 100 100

Georgia 1,744 99 99

Virginia 1,637 100 100

Kentucky 1,000 100 100

North Carolina 929 100 100

Tennessee 626 100 100

South Carolina 236 99 99

Louisiana 148 99 99

Mississippi 125 98 98

Alabama 70 98 98

 Southeast 8,883 100 100

Michigan 10,455 94 94

Ohio 5,133 96 93

Indiana 3,926 95 95

Illinois 1,766 97 95

West Virginia 77 70 70

 Mideast 21,357 95 94

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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated 

under Federal Milk Orders, 2018 - Continued

State and Region

Producer Milk Receipts

Total 1 Share of Total Milk Marketed by Producers

Fluid Grade All Milk

(million pounds) (percent) (percent)

Wisconsin 25,112 84 83

Minnesota 5,575 58 57

Iowa 3,959 75 75

Nebraska 1,168 81 81

South Dakota 1,160 43 43

North Dakota 170 53 51

 Midwest 37,144 75 75

Colorado 4,417 97 97

Kansas 3,186 86 86

Missouri 1,069 94 91

Oklahoma 598 83 83

Arkansas 70 97 97

 Central 9,339 92 92

Washington 6,574 98 98

California 2 4,294 11 11

Oregon 1,874 75 75

Idaho 589 4 4

Wyoming 96 68 68

Utah 7 0 0

Alaska 0 0 0

Hawaii 0 0 0

Montana 0 0 0

Nevada 0 0 0

 West 13,433 20 20

Texas 11,228 88 88

New Mexico 5,803 71 71

Arizona 4,909 99 99

 Southwest 21,939 84 84

 U.S. Total 141,676 66 65

1 Regional and U.S. Total figures may not add due to rounding. 2 The California Federal Milk Marketing Order became 

effective November 1, 2018.
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 Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1

, 2018

State and Federal Milk Marketing 

Area 1, 3 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

New York 13,354,572 49.3

Pennsylvania 8,591,527 31.7

Vermont 2,651,330 9.8

Maryland 714,059 2.6

Maine 608,271 2.2

Connecticut 415,699 1.5

New Hampshire 234,620 0.9

Massachusetts 184,709 0.7

New Jersey 98,467 0.4

Delaware 87,606 0.3

Ohio 45,653 0.2

Michigan 36,172 0.1

Virginia 27,337 0.1

West Virginia 22,029 0.1

Indiana 15,933 0.1

Minnesota 8,409 2

Rhode Island 6,768 2

North Carolina, Kentucky 5,802 2

 Northeast Order (001) Total 27,108,962 100.0

Virginia 1,609,844 28.1

North Carolina 877,553 15.3

Indiana 726,460 12.7

Kentucky 495,222 8.6

Tennessee 368,529 6.4

Ohio 358,037 6.2

Pennsylvania, New York 351,799 6.1

South Carolina 225,172 3.9

Georgia, Florida 207,812 3.6

Kansas, Illinois, Missouri 169,341 3.0

Maryland, Delaware 147,365 2.6

Michigan, Wisconsin 105,792 1.8

Texas, New Mexico 54,480 1.0

West Virginia 37,061 0.6

 Appalachian Order (005) Total 5,734,469 100.0

 

Florida 2,207,708 86.1

Georgia, Texas, Mississippi 357,700 13.9

 Louisiana, Indiana, 

 South Carolina, Alabama

 Florida Order (006) Total 2,565,408 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1

, 2018 - Continued

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 3 Producer Milk 

Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Georgia 1,204,102 23.1

Missouri 622,819 12.0

Texas 552,995 10.6

Indiana 502,957 9.7

Kentucky 493,111 9.5

Kansas 455,209 8.7

Tennessee 250,075 4.8

Florida 158,071 3.0

New Mexico 148,876 2.9

Louisiana 146,125 2.8

Illinois 124,184 2.4

Mississippi 122,179 2.3

Oklahoma 90,246 1.7

Alabama 70,370 1.4

Arkansas 61,393 1.2

Other States: Michigan, North Carolina, 206,599 4.0

 Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South

 Carolina, Nebraska, Wisconsin,

 New York, West Virginia,

 Virginia

 Southeast Order (007) Total 5,209,311 100.0

Wisconsin 24,695,828 74.1

Minnesota 5,293,193 15.9

Iowa 1,429,112 4.3

South Dakota 758,713 2.3

Illinois 557,872 1.7

North Dakota 169,917 0.5

Nebraska 147,742 0.4

Michigan 138,407 0.4

Indiana 75,711 0.2

Other States: Missouri, Ohio 40,853 0.1

 Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas,

 Arkansas, New Mexico,

 Utah, Pennsylvania,

 Kentucky

 Upper Midwest Order (030) Total 33,307,348 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1

, 2018 - Continued

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 3 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Colorado 4,416,643 26.6

Iowa 2,524,472 15.2

Kansas 2,469,584 14.9

Texas 2,029,487 12.2

New Mexico 1,166,067 7.0

Nebraska 1,009,964 6.1

Illinois 986,689 5.9

Missouri 429,988 2.6

South Dakota 401,513 2.4

Wisconsin 368,743 2.2

Oklahoma 362,766 2.2

Minnesota 272,949 1.6

Wyoming 95,970 0.6

Idaho 22,650 0.1

Michigan 18,956 0.1

Other States: Arkansas, Tennessee, 27,812 0.2

 Indiana, Utah, Kentucky

 Central Order (032) Total 16,604,254 100.0

Michigan 10,107,948 51.6

Ohio 4,673,712 23.8

Indiana 2,599,138 13.3

New York 1,069,790 5.5

Pennsylvania 991,102 5.1

Wisconsin 39,450 0.2

Maryland 35,471 0.2

Texas 32,770 0.2

Illinois 17,597 0.1

West Virginia 17,597 0.1

Other States: Kentucky, Iowa, 16,947 0.1

 Idaho, Utah, Mississippi,

 Georgia, Tennessee,

 Missouri, Louisiana

 Mideast Order (033) Total 19,601,521 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1

, 2018 - Continued

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 3 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Washington 6,573,507 76.8

Oregon 1,873,792 21.9

Idaho, Utah 115,702 1.4

 Pacific Northwest Order (124) Total 8,563,001 100.0

Texas 8,451,086 61.6

New Mexico 4,460,144 32.5

Idaho 443,242 3.2

Kansas 171,794 1.3

Oklahoma 140,446 1.0

Arizona and Florida 60,678 0.4

 Southwest Order (126) Total 13,727,391 100.0

Arizona 4,848,306 94.4

California, Texas 285,678 5.6

 Arizona Order (131) Total 5,133,984 100.0 1 The source of the receipt is based on the location of the producer, not the location of the regulated handler. Marketing area

totals may not add due to rounding. 2 Percentages less than 0.1 percent. 3 For some marketing areas, receipts from some States 

have been combined in order to mask either administratively confidential data and/or small volumes. The States are listed by 

decreasing proportions of deliveries to the marketing area. For some marketing areas, handlers elected not to pool producer milk 

that normally would have been associated with the marketing area due to disadvantageous price relationships.
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The Top Ten States from Which the Largest Volume of Producer Milk was 

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2018

State Federal Milk Order 

Rank 1

Producer Milk Receipts

in all Federal Orders

United States

Rank 2

(number) (million pounds) (percent of total) (number)

Wisconsin 1 24,489 17.7% 2

New York 2 14,449 10.2% 4

Texas 3 10,553 7.9% 5

Michigan 4 10,420 7.4% 6

Pennsylvania 5 10,220 7.0% 7

Washington 6 6,344 4.6% 10

New Mexico 7 5,682 4.1% 9

Minnesota 8 5,533 3.9% 8

Ohio 9 5,371 3.6% 11

Arizona 10 4,926 3.5% 13

Total 97,987 70.0%

1 Ranked according to total producer milk receipts in all Federal milk order markets. 2 Ranked according to total milk marketed in 

the United States. California ranked #1, Idaho ranked #3, and Iowa ranked #12.

 The Top Ten States from Which the Largest Volume of Producer Milk was 

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2013

State Federal Milk Order 

Rank 1

Producer Milk Receipts

in all Federal orders

United States

Rank 2

(number) (million pounds) (percent of total) (number)

Wisconsin 1 24,788 18.8% 2

New York 2 12,996 9.8% 3

Pennsylvania 3 9,743 7.4% 5

Texas 4 9,139 6.9% 6

Minnesota 5 8,410 6.4% 8

Michigan 6 8,104 6.1% 7

New Mexico 7 7,188 5.4% 9

Washington 8 5,950 4.5% 10

Ohio 9 4,937 3.7% 11

Arizona 10 4,466 3.4% 13

Total 95,721 72.5%

1 Ranked according to total producer milk receipts in all Federal milk order markets. 2 Ranked according to total milk marketed in 

the United States. California ranked #1 and Idaho ranked #4.
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The Top Ten States from Which the Largest Volume of Producer Milk was 

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2008

State Federal Milk Order 

Rank 1

Producer Milk Receipts

in all Federal orders

United States

Rank 2

(number) (million pounds) (percent of total) (number)

Wisconsin 1 20,511 17.7% 2

New York 2 11,628 10.0% 3

Pennsylvania 3 9,874 8.5% 5

Michigan 4 7,298 6.3% 7

Minnesota 5 7,072 6.1% 6

Texas 6 6,958 6.0% 9

New Mexico 7 5,448 4.7% 8

Washington 8 4,932 4.3% 10

Ohio 9 4,418 3.8% 11

Arizona 10 4,038 3.5% 12

Total 82,177 71.0%

1 Ranked according to total producer milk receipts in all Federal milk order markets. 2 Ranked according to total milk marketed in 

the United States. California ranked #1 and Idaho ranked #4.
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NOTE: The California Federal Milk Marketing Order #51 became effective November 1, 2018.

NOTE: The California Federal Milk Marketing Order #51 became effective November 1, 2018.

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Other States: KS, IL, WV, TX, NM, NY, FL, WI, MO, DE 
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Florida Order #6

Milk by State of Origin, 2018

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Other States: PA, WI, MD, TX, IL, WV, KY, IA, ID, UT, MS, GA, TN, MO, LA 
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Methodology: Producer Milk by State of Origin 

Definitions:

Producer is any person who produces milk approved by a duly constituted regulatory agency for fluid consumption 

as Grade A milk and whose milk (or components of milk) is received at a pool plant directly from the producer or

diverted by the plant operator.

Producer Milk is the skim milk (or the skim equivalent of components of skim milk) and butterfat contained in milk 

of a producer that is received by the operator of a regulated pool plant.

Milk marketed and percentages are computed from data obtained from "Milk Production, Disposition and Income -

2016 Summary," NASS, USDA.

All milk marketed is milk sold to plants and dealers as whole milk and equivalent amounts of milk for cream. This 

includes milk produced by dealers' own herds and milk sold directly to consumers. It also includes milk produced by 

institutional herds.

Fluid milk marketed is milk that is eligible for fluid use (Grade A in most States).

Data: The Milk by State of Origin data are collected by Federal Milk Marketing Orders and aggregated by Market 

Information Branch of Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

Producer milk receipts are listed according to the location of the producer, not the location of the regulated handler. 

Regional and U.S. Total figures may not add due to rounding. Excludes volumes not pooled due to disadvantageous 

price relationships.

Marketing area totals may not add due to rounding.

For some marketing areas, receipts from some States have been combined in order to mask either administratively 

confidential data and/or small volumes. The States are listed by decreasing proportions of deliveries to the marketing 

area. For some marketing areas, handlers elected not to pool producer milk that normally would have been associated 

with the marketing area due to disadvantageous price relationships.

Reliability: Data are subject to revision for three years following the initial annual report. The AMS audit staff 

periodically perform on-site audits on a company’s sales records to ensure accurate reporting of pool information.
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Information Contacts

Listed below are the specialists in the Agricultural Marketing Service, Dairy Program, Market Information Branch to 

contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to dpp@usda.gov.

Lorie Warren Cashman 

Chief, Market Information

(202) 720-4405

Dairy Products Mandatory Reporting Program

Patsy Emmons

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator

(202) 720-6491

Kerry Siekmann

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(952) 277-2363

Jessica Newsome

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(202) 260-9091

Federal Milk Order Information Program

Kerry Siekmann

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator

(952) 277-2363

Randal Stoker

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(202) 690-1932

For the most current release, visit AMS Dairy Program (Dairy Products Mandatory Reporting Program’s page) or 

Cornell University’s Mann Library (National Dairy Products Sales Report page). To receive e-mail notification for 

AMS Dairy Program publications, visit Cornell University’s Mann Library and follow the instructions.

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