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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-2019 August 21, 2020

2019 Highlights: 156.5 billion pounds of milk were pooled and marketed in Federal Milk Marketing 

Orders, accounting for seventy-two 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 2019. Twenty-nine states 

marketed 75% or more of their milk and fifteen 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 

2019: Northeast (1) - 21; Appalachian (005) - 18; Florida (006) - 4; Southeast (007) - 22; Upper Midwest 

(030) - 14; Central (032) - 21; Mideast (033) - 17; California (051) – 9; Pacific Northwest (124) - 4; 

Southwest (126) - 9; and, Arizona (131) - 3. 

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MD VT VA KY LA NC ME FL TN SC MS CT GA NY AL

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States Contributing Greater than 95% of State Production, 2019
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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated under 

Federal Milk Orders, 2019

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 14,589 97 97

Pennsylvania 9,303 93 93

Vermont 2,653 99 99

Maryland 826 99 99

Maine 605 98 98

Connecticut 414 97 97

New Hampshire 223 94 94

Massachusetts 174 92 92

New Jersey 88 90 90

Delaware 69 94 94

Rhode Island 3 29 29

 Northeast 28,946 96 96

Florida 2,294 98 98

Georgia 1,716 97 97

Virginia 1,464 99 99

Kentucky 925 99 99

North Carolina 882 98 98

Tennessee 534 98 98

South Carolina 198 98 98

Louisiana 130 99 99

Mississippi 121 97 97

Alabama 56 95 95

 Southeast 8,321 98 98

Michigan 10,253 90 90

Ohio 4,582 88 85

Indiana 3,505 87 87

Illinois 1,547 91 89

West Virginia 45 51 51

 Mideast 19,932 89 88

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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated 

under Federal Milk Orders, 2019 - 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 24,177 80 80

Minnesota 6,449 66 66

Iowa 3,392 64 64

Nebraska 958 68 68

South Dakota 934 33 33

North Dakota 169 53 53

 Midwest 36,079 73 72

Colorado 4,131 86 86

Kansas 2,829 74 74

Missouri 759 72 70

Oklahoma 635 88 88

Arkansas 39 60 60

 Central 8,392 80 80

California 23,765 60 59

Washington 4,867 72 72

Oregon 1,921 75 75

Idaho 810 5 5

Nevada 600 79 79

Wyoming 79 54 54

Utah 6 0 0

Alaska 0 0 0

Hawaii 0 0 0

Montana 0 0 0

 West 32,047 48 47

Texas 10,469 76 76

New Mexico 4,897 60 60

Arizona 3,193 67 67

 Southwest 18,559 70 70

 U.S. Total 156,535 73 72 1 Regional and U.S. Total figures may not add due to rounding.
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 Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2019

State and Federal Milk Marketing 

Area 1, 2 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

New York 13,605,857 50.9

Pennsylvania 8,053,528 30.1

Vermont 2,652,711 9.9

Maryland 697,446 2.6

Maine 605,011 2.3

Connecticut 413,710 1.5

New Hampshire 222,892 0.8

Massachusetts 174,172 0.7

New Jersey 88,066 0.3

Delaware 68,651 0.3

Ohio 50,337 0.2

Michigan 24,518 0.1

Indiana 17,109 0.1

Other States & Restricted Data 55,177 0.2

Northeast Order (001) Total 26,729,183 100.0

Virginia 1,416,471 26.6

North Carolina 872,366 16.4

Indiana 499,146 9.4

Kentucky 422,287 7.9

Georgia, Florida 393,927 7.4

Tennessee 344,204 6.5

Pennsylvania, New York 311,537 5.8

Ohio 304,431 5.7

Michigan 220,125 4.1

South Carolina 188,456 3.5

Maryland 95,151 1.8

Other States & Restricted Data 258,486 4.9

Appalachian Order (005) Total 5,326,589 100.0

Florida 2,509,779 87.1

Other States & Restricted Data 323,880 12.9

Florida Order (006) Total 2,509,779 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2019 - Continued 

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Texas 686,777 14.0

Indiana 558,870 11.4

Kentucky 489,846 10.0

Kansas 434,361 8.9

Missouri 336,086 6.9

Tennessee 185,661 3.8

New Mexico 172,215 3.5

Louisiana 128,579 2.6

Mississippi 118,448 2.4

Florida 98,471 2.0

Illinois 82,690 1.7

Michigan 72,731 1.5

Oklahoma 64,014 1.3

Other States & Restricted Data 460,521 9.4

 Southeast Order (007) Total 4,902,611 100.0

Wisconsin 23,488,132 72.7

Minnesota 6,174,515 19.1

Iowa 1,097,983 3.4

South Dakota 554,188 1.7

Illinois 456,268 1.4

North Dakota 168,908 0.5

Other States and Restricted Data 353,957 1.1

Upper Midwest Order (030) Total 32,293,952 100.0

 

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2019 - Continued 

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Colorado 4,130,653 27.1

Iowa 2,293,947 15.0

Kansas 2,154,582 14.1

Texas 1,636,795 10.7

New Mexico 1,023,515 6.7

Illinois 938,006 6.1

Nebraska 844,290 5.5

Wisconsin 626,396 4.1

Missouri 409,890 2.7

Oklahoma 395,960 2.6

South Dakota 379,416 2.5

Minnesota 270,681 1.8

Other States 155,385 1.0

 Central Order (032) Total 15,259,515 100.0

Michigan 9,780,305 51.6

Ohio 4,174,962 22.0

Indiana 2,355,514 12.4

New York 981,250 5.2

Pennsylvania 939,554 5.0

Wisconsin 61,957 0.3

Virginia 38,953 0.2

Maryland 33,167 0.2

Texas 25,228 0.1

Other States & Restricted Data 542,636 2.9

 Mideast Order (033) Total 18,946,067 100.0

See page 7 for footnotes. Continued on page 7 
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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2019 - Continued 

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

California 23,668,855 97.3

Nevada 599,530 2.5

Other States 63,582 0.3

 California Order (051) Total 24,331,967 100.0

Washington 4,866,703 57.3

Oregon 1,899,685 22.4

Other States & Restricted Data 1,729,344 20.4

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

Texas 8,004,077 62.0

New Mexico 3,700,332 28.7

Idaho 736,916 5.7

Other States 458,471 3.6

 Southwest Order (126) Total 12,899,796 100.0

Arizona 3,121,627 64.5

Other States & Restricted Data 1,718,063 35.5

 Arizona Order (131) Total 4,839,690 100.0 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 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, 2019 

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 24,177 15.4% 2

California 2 23,765 15.2% 1

New York 3 14,589 9.3% 4

Texas 4 10,469 6.7% 5

Michigan 5 10,253 6.5% 6

Pennsylvania 6 9,303 5.9% 7

Minnesota 7 6,449 4.1% 8

New Mexico 8 4,897 3.1% 9

Washington 9 4,867 3.1% 10

Ohio 10 4,582 2.9% 11

Total 113,351 72.4%

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. 

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

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2014 

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 23,856 18.4% 2

New York 2 13,220 10.2% 4

Pennsylvania 3 9,910 7.7% 5

Texas 4 8,939 6.9% 6

Michigan 5 8,124 6.3% 7

Minnesota 6 7,712 6.0% 8

Washington 7 5,983 4.6% 10

New Mexico 8 5,840 4.5% 9

Ohio 9 4,983 3.9% 11

Arizona 10 4,627 3.6% 12

Total 93,193 72.0%

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 #3. 
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The Top Ten States from Which the Largest Volume of Producer Milk was 

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2009

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 22,877 18.5% 2

New York 2 11,848 9.6% 3

Pennsylvania 3 9,789 7.9% 5

Minnesota 4 7,805 6.3% 6

Michigan 5 7,770 6.3% 8

Texas 6 7,408 6.0% 7

New Mexico 7 6,686 5.4% 9

Washington 8 5,221 4.2% 10

Ohio 9 4,735 3.8% 11

Arizona 10 3,917 3.2% 13

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, Idaho ranked #4, and Iowa ranked #12.
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32.3

26.7

24.3

18.9

15.3

12.9

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5.3 4.9 4.8

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30 1 51 33 32 126 124 5 7 131 6

Billion Pounds

Order Contributions to Federal Order Pool, 2019

40.5

30.3

15.6 15.1 13.8

11.3 10.0 9.8

8.1 6.8

23.8 24.2

0.1

14.6

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10.3 9.5

6.4

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CA WI ID NY TX MI PA MN NM WA

Billions of Milk Pounds

Top 10 Milk Producing States and 

Total Milk Marketings Marketed Under Federal Orders, 2019

Total Milk Marketings Milk Marketed Under Federal Orders
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13.6

8.1

2.7

0.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

NY PA VT MD ME CT NH MA Other

Billion Pounds

Northeast Order #1

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: Restricted data, NJ, DE, OH, MI, IN, VA, WV, RI, MN, KY, WI, IA, NC

1.4

0.9

0.5

0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

0.2 0.2

0.4

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

VA NC IN KY GA TN PA OH MI SC Other

Billion Pounds

Appalachinan Order #5

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: Restricted data, KS, WV, TX, FL, NY, MO, MD, IL
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2.2

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Florida Georgia Other

Billion Pounds

Florida Order #6

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: Restricted data, MS, LA (less than 0.1 billion pounds)

1.0

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2 0.2

0.1 0.1 0.1

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0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

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GA TX IN KY KS MO TN NM LA MS FL Other

Billion Pounds

Southeast Order #7

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: Restricted data, MI, OK, AL, OH, AR, NE, SC, NC, CO, WV, IL
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23.5

6.2

1.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

WI MN IA SD IL ND Other

Billion Pounds

Upper Midwest Order #30

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: MI, NE, IN, MO, OH, OK, ID, KY, Restricted 

4.1

2.3

2.2

1.6

1.0 0.9 0.8

0.6

0.4 0.4

0.8

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

CO IA KS TX NM IL NE WI MO OK Other

Billion Pounds

Central Order #32

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: SD, MN, WY, ID, MI, IN, UT, TN, AR, CA, KY 
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9.8

4.2

2.4

1.0 0.9 0.7

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

MI OH IN NY PA Other

Billion Pounds

Mideast Order #33

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: Restricted data, WI, VA, MD, TX, WV, KY, IL, NC, MN, LA , IA, MS

23.7

0.6 0.1

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

CA NV Other

Billion Pounds

Mideast Order #51

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: ID, OR, TX, UT, NM, CO, WA
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4.9

1.9 1.7

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

WA OR Other

Billion Pounds

Pacific Northwest #124

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: Restricted data, ID, UT

8.0

3.7

0.7 0.5

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

TX NM ID Other

Billion Pounds

Southwest Order #126

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: KS, OK, AZ, CA, GA, AR 
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3.1

1.7

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

AZ Other

Billion Pounds

Arizona Order #131

Milk by State of Origin, 2019

Other: Restricted data, TX, CA
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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 -

2019 Summary," April 2020, 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 Products Mandatory Reporting Program 

Patsy Emmons 

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator 

(202) 720-6491 

Kerry Siekmann

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

Jessica Newsome

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(202) 260-9091 

(952) 277-2363 

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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