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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-2021 August 12, 2022

2021 Highlights: 136.8 billion pounds of milk were pooled and marketed in Federal Milk Marketing Orders, 

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

Forty-seven of the fifty states marketed milk in Federal milk marketing orders in 2021. Twenty-nine states marketed 

75% or more of their milk and eleven states marketed 95% or more of their milk through Federal Orders. 

The eleven Federal Milk Marketing Orders received producer milk from the following number of states in 2021: 

Northeast (1) - 19; Appalachian (005) - 12; Florida (006) - 2; Southeast (007) - 18; Upper Midwest (030) - 14; 

Central (032) - 19; Mideast (033) - 13; California (051) – 6; Pacific Northwest (124) - 2; Southwest (126) - 11; and 

Arizona (131) - 2. 

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Billion Pounds

Top 20 States Contributing to the Federal Order Pool, 2021
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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated under 

Federal Milk Orders, 2021

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 14,795 96 96

Pennsylvania 9,368 93 93

Vermont 2,531 99 99

Maryland 833 96 96

Maine 556 98 98

Connecticut 417 97 97

New Hampshire 211 94 94

Massachusetts 179 92 92

Other States 2 133 90 90

 Northeast 29,024 95 95

Florida 2,040 94 94

Georgia 1509 84 84

Virginia 1,447 99 99

North Carolina 897 98 98

Kentucky 893 99 99

Tennessee 498 99 99

South Carolina 155 100 100

Louisiana 115 93 93

Mississippi 92 89 89

Alabama 33 87 87

 Southeast 7,678 94 94

Michigan 9,374 79 79

Ohio 4,469 82 80

Indiana 3,935 87 87

Illinois 1,347 78 76

West Virginia 31 43 43

 Mideast 19,156 81 80

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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated 

under Federal Milk Orders, 2021 - 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 13,524 43 43

Minnesota 2,906 28 28

Iowa 2,308 42 42

Nebraska 961 68 68

South Dakota 484 13 13

North Dakota 107 33 32

 Midwest 20,290 39 38

Colorado 4,133 79 79

Kansas 2,524 62 62

Missouri 653 68 66

Oklahoma 535 78 78

Arkansas 16 27 27

 Central 7,860 71 71

California 23,193 57 55

Washington 6,207 96 96

Idaho 1,258 8 8

Oregon 1,088 42 42

Nevada 729 91 91

Wyoming 114 52 52

Utah 20 1 1

Alaska 0 0 0

Hawaii 0 0 0

Montana 0 0 0

 West 32,608 47 46

Texas 9,879 63 63

Arizona 4,216 88 88

New Mexico 3,406 44 44

 Southwest 17,502 62 62

 U.S. Total 134,119 61 61

1 Regional and U.S. Total figures do not include restricted data and may not add due to rounding. 2 Other States include New Jersey, 

Delaware, and Rhode Island. 
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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1

, 2021

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 2 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

New York 13,958,058 51.7

Pennsylvania 8,104,151 30.0

Vermont 2,530,947 9.4

Maryland 712,983 2.6

Maine 556,183 2.1

Connecticut 417,354 1.5

New Hampshire 211,249 0.8

Massachusetts 179,366 0.7

New Jersey 80,055 0.3

Ohio 57,168 0.2

Delaware 46,802 0.2

Indiana 35,633 0.1

Michigan 33,302 0.1

Other States 23,556 0.1

Virginia 17,459 0.1

West Virginia 16,482 0.1

Restricted Data 14,626 0.1

Northeast Order (001) Total 26,995,375 100.0

Virginia 1,379,557 26.1

North Carolina 896,624 17.0

Georgia 544,882 10.3

Kentucky 511,269 9.7

Indiana 410,697 7.8

Tennessee 335,552 6.3

Pennsylvania 313,737 5.9

Michigan 287,978 5.4

Restricted Data 195,674 3.7

Ohio 189,116 3.6

South Carolina 127,602 2.4

Maryland 87,375 1.7

West Virginia 9,308 0.2

 Appalachian Order (005) Total 5,289,370 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1

, 2021 - Continued 

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 2 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Florida 2,005,749 82.1

Restricted Data 285,329 11.7

Georgia 152,852 6.3

 Florida Order (006) Total 2,443,930 100.0

Restricted Data 1,021,298 22.3

Georgia 811,508 17.7

Texas 622,198 13.6

Indiana 585,621 12.8

Kentucky 371,362 8.1

Missouri 307,375 6.7

Tennessee 162,454 3.5

Kansas 120,058 2.6

Louisiana 114,517 2.5

New Mexico 100,982 2.2

Mississippi 92,213 2.0

Illinois 81,894 1.8

Oklahoma 41,025 0.9

Michigan 35,375 0.8

Florida 34,037 0.7

Alabama 32,962 0.7

South Carolina 27,804 0.6

Arkansas 13,308 0.3

Ohio 5,332 0.1

 Southeast Order (007) Total 4,581,322 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1

, 2021 - Continued 

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 2 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Wisconsin 13,330,372 74.3

Minnesota 2,791,717 15.6

Iowa 788,485 4.4

Illinois 373,288 2.1

South Dakota 266,597 1.5

North Dakota 106,570 0.6

Restricted Data 96,499 0.5

Michigan 80,264 0.4

Indiana 49,526 0.3

Nebraska 30,229 0.2

Other States 17,021 0.1

 Upper Midwest Order (030) Total 17,930,568 100.0

Colorado 4,125,354 31.8

Kansas 2,066,506 15.9

Iowa 1,519,466 11.7

Texas 1,162,910 9.0

Nebraska 913,810 7.0

Illinois 891,588 6.9

New Mexico 879,625 6.8

Oklahoma 427,576 3.3

Missouri 335,235 2.6

South Dakota 217,105 1.7

Wisconsin 162,091 1.2

Wyoming 114,366 0.9

Minnesota 103,586 0.8

Idaho 46,223 0.4

Utah 19,785 0.2

Other States 7,240 0.1

 Central Order (032) Total 12,992,468 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1

, 2021 - Continued 

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 2 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Michigan 8,936,036 48.0

Ohio 4,211,256 22.6

Indiana 2,853,190 15.3

Pennsylvania 950,024 5.1

New York 836,993 4.5

Restricted Data 692,443 3.7

Virginia 49,593 0.3

Maryland 33,007 0.2

Wisconsin 30,198 0.2

Other States 9,878 0.1

 Mideast Order (033) Total 18,602,617 100.0

California 23,056,754 96.9

Nevada 728,566 3.1

Other States 17,774 0.1

 California Order (51) Total 23,803,094 100.0

Washington 6,206,808 84.0

Oregon 1,071,105 14.5

Restricted Data 109,220 1.5

 Pacific Northwest Order (124) Total 7,387,133 100.0

Texas 8,090,555 65.9

New Mexico 2,425,248 19.7

Idaho 1,210,847 9.9

Kansas 336,978 2.7

Arizona 129,694 1.1

Oklahoma 66,482 0.5

Nebraska 17,232 0.1

Other States 9,096 0.1

Southwest Order (126) Total 12,286,131 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1

, 2021 - Continued 

State and Federal Milk Marketing Area 1, 2 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Arizona 4,086,363 91.6

Restricted Data 239,096 5.4

California 135,852 3.0

 Arizona Order (131) Total 4,461,311 100.0

All Federal Milk Orders 136,773,318 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 For some marketing areas, receipts from some States have been combined or included in Restricted Data 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, 2021 

State Federal Milk Order 

Rank 1

Producer Milk Receipts

in all Federal orders

United States

Rank 2

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

California 1 23,193 17.0% 1

New York 2 14,795 10.8% 5

Wisconsin 3 13,524 9.9% 2

Texas 4 9,879 7.2% 4

Michigan 5 9,374 6.9% 6

Pennsylvania 6 9,368 6.8% 8

Washington 7 6,207 4.5% 10

Ohio 8 4,469 3.3% 11

Arizona 9 4,216 3.1% 14

Colorado 10 4,133 3.0% 13

Total 99,158 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. Idaho ranked #3, Minnesota ranked #7, New Mexico ranked #9, and Iowa ranked #12. 

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

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2016 

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 24,602 18.3% 2

New York 2 14,242 10.6% 3

Pennsylvania 3 10,126 7.5% 6

Michigan 4 10,039 7.5% 5

Texas 5 9,108 6.8% 7

Minnesota 6 6,358 4.7% 8

New Mexico 7 6,284 4.7% 10

Washington 8 6,212 4.6% 9

Ohio 9 5,284 3.9% 11

Arizona 10 4,742 3.5% 13

Total 96,998 72.2%

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, 2011

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 23,614 18.6% 2

New York 2 12,355 9.7% 4

Pennsylvania 3 9,725 7.7% 5

Texas 4 8,023 6.3% 6

Minnesota 5 7,984 6.3% 7

Michigan 6 7,929 6.3% 8

New Mexico 7 6,838 5.4% 9

Washington 8 5,903 4.7% 10

Arizona 9 4,388 3.5% 12

Ohio 10 4,318 3.4% 11

Total 91,079 71.8%

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 #3. 
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Billion Pounds

Order Contributions to Federal Order Pool, 2021

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Top 10 Milk Producing States and 

Total Milk Marketings Marketed Under Federal Orders, 2021

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Northeast Order #1

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. Other: MN, KY, RI, WI

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Appalachinan Order #5

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. 
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Billion Pounds

Florida Order #6

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

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Southeast Order #7

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. 
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Upper Midwest Order #30

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. Other: MO, OH, TX, KY, CO

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Billion Pounds

Central Order #32

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. Other: OR, AR, MI, IN
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Billion Pounds

Mideast Order #33

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. Other: WV,KY, MN, IL, VT

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Billion Pounds

California Order #51

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. Other: OR, TX, ID, NM
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Pacific Northwest #124

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

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Southwest Order #126

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

States listed above without a data label are less than 0.1 billion pounds. Other: CO, WI, CA, OR
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Methodology: Producer Milk by State of Origin 

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Arizona Order #131

Milk by State of Origin, 2021

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All Orders Combined

Top 10 States Contributing to Federal Order Pool, 2021
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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 -

2021 Summary," April 2022, ISSN: 1949-1506 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 Product Mandatory Reporting Program

Jessica Newsome Kerry Siekmann

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(202) 260-9091 (952) 277-2363

Hripsime Tamrazyan Joshua McNeff

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(202) 260-8953 (202) 937-4934

Federal Milk Order Information Program

Kerry Siekmann Joshua McNeff

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(952) 277-2363 (202) 937-4934

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

Cornell University's Library (National Dairy Products Sales Report page).

To receive e-mail notification for AMS Dairy Program publications, visit Cornell University's Library and follow 

the instructions.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, 

and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, 

religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not 

all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means 

of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or 

USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program 

information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination 

Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and 

provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or 

letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 

D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.