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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-2017 July 20, 2018

2017 Highlights: 135.5 billion pounds of milk were pooled and marketed in Federal Milk Marketing Orders,

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

Forty-six of the fifty states marketed milk in Federal milk marketing orders in 2017. Thirty-five states marketed 75% 

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

The ten Federal Milk Marketing Orders received producer milk from the following number of states in 2017:

Northeast (1) - 19; Appalachian (005) - 21; Florida (006) - 9; Southeast (007) - 25; Upper Midwest (030) - 17; 

Central (032) - 21; Mideast (033) - 18; Pacific Northwest (124) - 4; Southwest (126) - 8; and, Arizona (131) - 3. 

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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated under 

Federal Milk Orders, 2017

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 14,449 97 97

Pennsylvania 10,220 94 94

Vermont 2,701 100 100

Maryland 945 100 100

Maine 620 99 99

Connecticut 404 97 97

New Hampshire 258 95 95

Massachusetts 194 93 93

New Jersey 106 91 91

Delaware 89 97 97

Rhode Island 8 62 62

 Northeast 29,995 96 96

Florida 2,479 100 100

Georgia 1,818 99 99

Virginia 1,618 94 94

Kentucky 1,033 100 100

North Carolina 943 100 100

Tennessee 686 100 100

South Carolina 244 100 100

Louisiana 157 100 100

Mississippi 133 100 100

Alabama 91 104 104

 Southeast 9,202 99 99

Michigan 10,420 93 93

Ohio 5,371 100 97

Indiana 4,062 96 96

Illinois 1,792 95 93

West Virginia 97 78 78

 Mideast 21,742 95 94

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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated 

under Federal Milk Orders, 2017 - 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 24,489 82 81

Minnesota 5,682 59 58

Iowa 3,770 73 73

Nebraska 1,214 84 84

South Dakota 1,098 42 42

North Dakota 190 57 56

 Midwest 36,443 74 74

Colorado 4,056 97 97

Kansas 3,069 88 88

Missouri 1,133 96 93

Oklahoma 578 80 80

Arkansas 76 99 99

 Central 8,912 93 92

Washington 6,344 97 97

Oregon 1,310 52 52

Idaho 243 2 2

California 162 0 0

Wyoming 92 67 67

Utah 10 0 0

Alaska 0 0 0

Hawaii 0 0 0

Montana 0 0 0

Nevada 0 0 0

 West 8,160 12 12

Texas 10,553 88 88

New Mexico 5,533 68 68

Arizona 4,926 99 99

 Southwest 21,012 83 83

 U.S. Total 135,467 64 63

1 Regional and U.S. Total figures may not add due to rounding. 
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Number of Federal Orders in Which Milk was Marketed,

2017, with Comparisons

State and Region

Number of Federal Orders 1

 2017 2012 2007

(number)

Connecticut 1 1 1

Delaware 2 1 2

Maine 1 1 1

Maryland 4 3 4

Massachusetts 1 2 1

New Hampshire 1 1 1

New Jersey 1 1 1

New York 3 3 3

Pennsylvania 5 3 5

Rhode Island 1 1 1

Vermont 1 1 1

 Northeast 5 3 5

Alabama 3 2 2

Florida 3 3 3

Georgia 3 3 3

Kentucky 4 5 4

Louisiana 2 1 3

Mississippi 2 1 3

North Carolina 4 5 3

South Carolina 3 3 3

Tennessee 4 3 6

Virginia 5 5 5

 Southeast 7 5 7

Illinois 5 5 6

Indiana 6 7 7

Michigan 6 7 7

Ohio 5 7 6

West Virginia 4 4 3

 Mideast 6 7 7

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Number of Federal Orders in Which Milk was Marketed,

2017, with Comparisons - Continued

State and Region

Number of Federal Orders 1

 2017 2012 2007

(number)

Iowa 3 4 6

Minnesota 4 4 5

Nebraska 3 2 3

North Dakota 1 1 1

South Dakota 2 2 2

Wisconsin 6 5 6

 Midwest 6 5 6

Arkansas 3 2 4

Colorado 2 2 3

Kansas 4 5 5

Missouri 5 5 5

Oklahoma 4 4 6

 Central 6 6 7

Arizona 2 2 2

New Mexico 5 5 4

Texas 8 7 5

 Southwest 8 7 7

Alaska 0 0 0

California 1 3 3

Hawaii 0 0 0

Idaho 5 4 4

Montana 0 1 1

Nevada 0 0 1

Oregon 2 1 1

Utah 3 2 2

Washington 1 1 1

Wyoming 1 1 3

 West 6 6 7

Total U.S. 10 10 10

1 Number of orders in which milk produced by dairy farmers located in the State was marketed to regulated handlers. For 

example, milk produced in New York was marketed in three Federal milk orders in 2016. The regional figure is the net number 

of orders in which the milk produced by dairy farmers located in the region was marketed to regulated handlers.
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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2017

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

New York 13,349,775 48.7

Pennsylvania 8,753,080 31.9

Vermont 2,700,657 9.9

Maryland 752,761 2.7

Maine 620,335 2.3

Connecticut 404,242 1.5

New Hampshire 257,810 0.9

Massachusetts 194,369 0.7

New Jersey 106,153 0.4

Delaware 89,296 0.3

Ohio 56,216 0.2

Michigan 30,370 0.1

West Virginia 23,369 0.1

Virginia 21,033 0.1

Indiana 20,887 0.1

Rhode Island 8,008 * 0.0

Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Carolina 8,521 * 0.0

 Northeast Order (001) Total 27,396,882 100.0

Virginia 1,596,648 27.5

North Carolina 884,708 15.3

Indiana 848,687 14.6

Kentucky 507,522 8.7

Tennessee 403,510 7.0

Pennsylvania, New York 371,578 6.4

Ohio 316,049 5.4

South Carolina 223,761 3.9

Maryland, Delaware 153,288 2.6

Georgia, Florida, Alabama 152,758 2.6

Illinois, Kansas 111,293 1.9

Michigan, Wisconsin 93,007 1.6

New Mexico, Texas 86,787 1.5

West Virginia 51,410 0.9

 Appalachian Order (005) Total 5,801,007 100.0

 

Florida 2,308,614 88.7

Georgia, Texas, Mississippi 293,652 11.3

 Louisiana, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Pennsylvania

Alabama

 Florida Order (006) Total 2,602,265 100.0

* Less than 0.1 Percent Continued on page 7
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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2017 - Continued

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Georgia 1,390,295 25.5

Missouri 676,248 12.4

Kentucky 509,886 9.4

Texas 481,950 8.8

Kansas 481,750 8.8

Indiana 414,265 7.6

Tennessee 273,910 5.0

Illinois 171,756 3.2

Florida 168,305 3.1

Louisiana 155,519 2.9

Mississippi 131,987 2.4

New Mexico 119,352 2.2

Oklahoma 91,655 1.7

Alabama 91,178 1.7

Michigan 83,063 1.5

Arkansas 66,649 1.2

North Carolina 55,302 1.0

Other States: Ohio, South Carolina 88,333 1.6

 Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Maryland,

 Wisconsin, Virginia, West Virginia

 Southeast Order (007) Total 5,451,402 100.0

Wisconsin 23,930,730 74.1

Minnesota 5,409,403 16.8

Iowa 1,122,673 3.5

South Dakota 664,665 2.1

Illinois 572,568 1.8

North Dakota 190,134 0.6

Nebraska 186,824 0.6

Michigan 112,563 0.3

Indiana 53,404 0.2

Other States: Idaho, Missouri, Texas 36,028 0.1

 New Mexico, Ohio, Arkansas,

 Oklahoma, Virginia

 Upper Midwest Order (030) Total 32,278,993 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2017 - Continued

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Colorado 4,027,325 25.4

Iowa 2,617,723 16.5

Kansas 2,420,765 15.2

Texas 1,659,166 10.4

New Mexico 1,046,401 6.6

Nebraska 1,022,092 6.4

Illinois 959,688 6.0

Missouri 446,384 2.8

South Dakota 433,785 2.7

Wisconsin 426,342 2.7

Oklahoma 402,362 2.5

Minnesota 256,449 1.6

Wyoming 91,901 0.6

Idaho, Utah, Oregon 42,972 0.3

Tennessee, Kentucky 9,627 0.1

Michigan, Indiana 8,230 0.1

Arkansas 8,042 0.1

 Central Order (032) Total 15,879,253 100.0

Michigan 10,093,759 49.9

Ohio 4,947,597 24.4

Indiana 2,723,932 13.5

New York 1,099,387 5.4

Pennsylvania 1,086,931 5.4

Wisconsin 126,321 0.6

Maryland 36,160 0.2

Iowa 29,305 0.1

Illinois 24,501 0.1

West Virginia 22,038 0.1

Texas 17,146 0.1

Kentucky 13,826 0.1

Minnesota 12,829 0.1

Utah, Idaho, Tennessee, Missouri, 

Virginia

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 Mideast Order (033) Total 20,239,463 100.0

* Less than 0.1 Percent Continued on page 9
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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area 1, 2017 - Continued

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Washington 6,343,891 82.8

Oregon 1,309,750 17.1

Idaho, Utah 7,339 0.1

 Pacific Northwest Order (124) Total 7,660,981 100.0

Texas 8,255,953 63.1

New Mexico 4,316,210 33.0

Idaho 186,793 1.4

Kansas 118,478 0.9

Arizona 103,121 0.8

Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri 111,908 0.9

 Southwest Order (126) Total 13,092,463 100.0

Arizona 4,823,279 95.2

California, Texas 241,173 4.8

 Arizona Order (131) Total 5,064,452 100.0 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, 2017

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 18.1% 2

New York 2 14,449 10.7% 3

Texas 3 10,553 7.8% 7

Michigan 4 10,420 7.7% 5

Pennsylvania 5 10,220 7.5% 6

Washington 6 6,344 4.7% 10

Minnesota 7 5,682 4.2% 8

New Mexico 8 5,533 4.1% 9

Ohio 9 5,371 4.0% 11

Arizona 10 4,926 3.6% 13

Total 97,987 72.3%

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.

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

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2012

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 22,425 18.3% 2

New York 2 12,707 10.4% 4

Pennsylvania 3 9,568 7.8% 5

Michigan 4 8,346 6.8% 8

Texas 5 7,999 6.5% 6

Minnesota 6 7,006 5.7% 7

Washington 7 5,151 4.2% 10

New Mexico 8 5,032 4.1% 9

Ohio 9 4,687 3.8% 11

Arizona 10 4,419 3.6% 12

Total 87,339 71.4%

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. 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, 2007

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 19,673 17.2% 2

New York 2 11,488 10.0% 3

Pennsylvania 3 9,867 8.6% 5

Michigan 4 7,173 6.3% 7

Minnesota 5 6,803 5.9% 6

Texas 6 6,699 5.9% 8

New Mexico 7 5,641 4.9% 9

Washington 8 5,443 4.8% 10

Ohio 9 4,364 3.8% 11

Arizona 10 3,706 3.2% 13

Total 80,857 70.7%

1 Ranked according to total producer milk receipts in all Federal milk order markets. Iowa ranked #10. 2 Ranked according to 

total milk marketed in the United States. California ranked #1 and Idaho ranked #4.
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California and Idaho pooled less than 1 billion pounds of milk in Federal Orders

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Other States: DE, OH, MI, WI, WV, VA, IN, RI, WI, MN, NC

Other States: MI, IL, NM, WV, TX, KS, FL, DE

 

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Other States: TX, MS, LA, NC, SC, PA, AL (less than 0.1 billion pounds)

Other States: OK, AL, MI, AR, NC, OH, SC, PA, NE, MD, WI, VA, WV

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Other States: IN, ID, MO, TX, NM, OH, AR, OK, VA

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Other States: WI, MD, IA, IL, WV, TX, MN, UT, ID, TN, MO, VA

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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 Programs, Market Information Branch 

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

Lorie Warren, 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 Crum, 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

Daniel Manzoni, Dairy Products Marketing Specialist - (202) 720-2352

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