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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-2020 July 30, 2021

2020 Highlights: 137.8 billion pounds of milk were pooled and marketed in Federal Milk Marketing 

Orders, accounting for sixty-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 2020. Twenty-four states 

marketed 75% or more of their milk and fourteen 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 

2020: Northeast (1) - 18; Appalachian (005) - 12; Florida (006) - 2; Southeast (007) - 13; Upper Midwest 

(030) - 14; Central (032) - 19; Mideast (033) - 11; California (051) – 6; Pacific Northwest (124) - 3; 

Southwest (126) - 12; and, Arizona (131) - 2. 

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Top 20 States Contributing to the Federal Order Pool, 2020
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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated under 

Federal Milk Orders, 2020

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 14,411 94 94

Pennsylvania 9,444 93 93

Vermont 2,522 98 98

Maryland 853 98 98

Maine 578 98 98

Connecticut 422 97 97

New Hampshire 219 95 95

Massachusetts 181 93 93

Other States 2 156 88 88

 Northeast 28,786 94 94

Florida 2,213 97 97

Georgia 1,718 97 97

Virginia 1,457 96 96

Kentucky 922 99 99

North Carolina 881 99 99

Tennessee 532 99 99

South Carolina 181 97 97

Louisiana 126 96 96

Mississippi 123 96 96

Alabama 40 91 91

 Southeast 8,194 97 97

Michigan 9,660 83 83

Ohio 4,066 75 73

Indiana 3,703 86 86

Illinois 1,416 81 80

West Virginia 32 36 36

 Mideast 18,877 81 81

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Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated 

under Federal Milk Orders, 2020 - 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 15,742 52 52

Minnesota 3,314 33 33

Iowa 2,253 42 42

Nebraska 885 61 61

South Dakota 489 16 16

North Dakota 101 32 31

 Midwest 22,784 45 45

Colorado 3,838 75 75

Kansas 2,821 70 70

Oklahoma 529 73 73

Missouri 437 42 41

Arkansas 2 3 3

 Central 7,626 70 69

California 22,260 56 54

Idaho 1,831 11 11

Washington 1,095 16 16

Oregon 946 36 36

Nevada 759 100 100

Utah 75 3 3

Wyoming 59 32 32

Alaska 0 0 0

Hawaii 0 0 0

Montana 0 0 0

 West 27,025 39 38

Texas 8,994 61 61

New Mexico 3,146 39 39

Arizona 1,090 22 22

 Southwest 13,230 48 48

 U.S. Total 126,521 57 57 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

, 2020

State and Federal Milk Marketing 

Area 1, 2 Producer Milk Receipts Share of Market Total

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

New York 13,671,546 51.0

Pennsylvania 8,230,563 30.7

Vermont 2,522,283 9.4

Maryland 685,443 2.6

Maine 577,873 2.2

Connecticut 421,779 1.6

New Hampshire 219,246 0.8

Massachusetts 181,483 0.7

Other States 159,364 0.6

Restricted Data 137,713 0.5

Northeast Order (001) Total 26,807,293 100.0

Virginia 1,408,792 26.5

North Carolina 881,166 16.6

Kentucky 502,107 9.4

Georgia 407,110 7.6

Michigan 347,353 6.5

Tennessee 347,333 6.5

Indiana 344,529 6.5

Pennsylvania 339,436 6.4

Ohio 235,430 4.4

South Carolina 181,336 3.4

Restricted Data 172,581 3.3

Maryland 133,088 2.5

West Virginia 21,643 0.4

Appalachian Order (005) Total 5,321,902 100.0

Florida 2,117,524 84.4

Georgia 309,109 12.3

Restricted Data 82,212 3.3

Florida Order (006) Total 2,508,845 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1, 2020 - Continued 

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Restricted Data 1,134,980 24.1

Georgia 1,001,644 21.3

Indiana 671,561 14.3

Texas 648,076 13.8

Kentucky 416,067 8.9

Tennessee 184,482 3.9

Kansas 152,783 3.3

Louisiana 125,999 2.7

Mississippi 123,356 2.6

Florida 95,403 2.0

Illinois 89,931 1.9

Alabama 40,002 0.9

Other States 16,125 0.3

 Southeast Order (007) Total 4,700,409 100.0

Wisconsin 15,387,954 76.0

Minnesota 3,173,765 15.7

Iowa 693,782 3.4

Illinois 382,910 1.9

South Dakota 242,073 1.2

Michigan 105,268 0.5

North Dakota 101,101 0.5

Restricted Data 87,449 0.4

Other States 80,277 0.4

Upper Midwest Order (030) Total 20,254,580 100.0

 

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1, 2020 - Continued 

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

Colorado 3,833,641 28.8

Kansas 2,380,536 17.9

Iowa 1,559,538 11.7

Texas 1,194,778 9.0

Illinois 917,930 6.9

Nebraska 846,270 6.4

New Mexico 803,956 6.0

Oklahoma 439,313 3.3

Missouri 425,930 3.2

Wisconsin 338,720 2.5

South Dakota 246,801 1.9

Other States 189,393 1.4

Minnesota 138,020 1.0

 Central Order (032) Total 13,314,826 100.0

Michigan 9,175,721 51.0

Ohio 3,761,549 20.9

Indiana 2,650,897 14.7

Pennsylvania 874,426 4.9

New York 739,081 4.1

Restricted Data 670,635 3.7

Other States 106,198 0.6

 Mideast Order (033) Total 17,978,507 100.0

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Receipts of Producer Milk by State and Marketing Area1

, 2020 - Continued 

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

 (thousand pounds) (percent)

California 22,234,963 96.7

Nevada 758,983 3.3

Other States 10,522 3

 California Order (051) Total 23,004,468 100.0

Restricted Data 6,136,306 80.0

Oregon 936,638 12.2

Washington 566,537 7.4

Idaho 35,670 0.5

Pacific Northwest Order (124) Total 7,675,151 100.0

Texas 7,149,619 61.2

New Mexico 2,342,072 20.0

Idaho 1,718,059 14.7

Kansas 287,243 2.5

Other States 194,764 1.7

 Southwest Order (126) Total 11,691,757 100.0

Restricted Data 3,761,940 83.6

Arizona 625,100 13.9

California 110,202 2.5

 Arizona Order (131) Total 4,497,242 100.0

All Federal Milk Orders 137,754,980 62.0 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. 3 Less than 0.1 percent.
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The Top Ten States from Which the Largest Volume of Producer Milk was 

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2020

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 22,260 16.2% 1

Wisconsin 2 15,742 11.4% 2

New York 3 14,411 10.5% 4

Michigan 4 9,660 7.0% 6

Pennsylvania 5 9,444 6.9% 5

Texas 6 8,994 5.9% 7

Ohio 7 4,066 3.0% 11

Colorado 8 3,838 2.8% 13

Indiana 9 3,703 2.7% 15

Minnesota 10 3,314 2.4% 8

Total 95,432 69.3%

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. Idaho ranked #3, New Mexico ranked #9, Washington ranked #10, Iowa ranked #12, and Arizona ranked #14. 

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

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2015

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 22,403 17.8% 2

New York 2 13,335 10.6% 4

Pennsylvania 3 10,092 8.0% 5

Michigan 4 8,896 7.1% 7

Texas 5 8,505 6.7% 6

Minnesota 6 6,382 5.1% 8

New Mexico 7 5,724 4.5% 9

Washington 8 5,175 4.1% 10

Ohio 9 5,082 4.0% 11

Arizona 10 4,672 3.7% 13

Total 90,266 71.6%

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, and Colorado ranked #12.
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The Top Ten States from Which the Largest Volume of Producer Milk was 

Marketed in Federal Milk Orders, 2010

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 23,913 26.1% 2

New York 2 12,221 13.3% 4

Pennsylvania 3 9,907 10.8% 5

Minnesota 4 8,564 9.4% 6

Michigan 5 7,872 8.6% 8

Texas 6 7,371 8.0% 7

New Mexico 7 7,263 7.9% 9

Washington 8 5,765 6.3% 10

Ohio 9 4,583 5.0% 11

Arizona 10 4,131 4.5% 13

Total 91,588 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, Idaho ranked #3, and Iowa ranked #12.
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Billion Pounds

Order Contributions to Federal Order Pool, 2020

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Top 10 Milk Producing States and 

Total Milk Marketings Marketed Under Federal Orders, 2020

Total Milk Marketings Milk Marketed Under Federal Orders
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Billion Pounds

Northeast Order #1

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: NJ, DE, OH, Restricted Data, IL, MI, WV, MN, RI, VA, KY

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Billion Pounds

Appalachinan Order #5

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: Restricted Data, WV
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Billion Pounds

Florida Order #6

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: Restricted Data

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Billion Pounds

Southeast Order #7

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: AL, OH, MI
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Billion Pounds

Upper Midwest Order #30

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: IN, NE, MO, OH, KY, CO, NM, Restricted 

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Billion Pounds

Central Order #32

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: MN, ID, WY, UT, MI, AR, IN, CA 
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Mideast Order #33

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: Restricted, VA, MD, WI, WV, KY, IL

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California Order #51

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: OR, ID, TX, UT (Combined total of other states is less than 0.1 billion pounds)
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Billion Pounds

Pacific Northwest #124

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

(Restricted includes Idaho unrestricted milk pounds-less than 0.1 billion pounds)

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Billion Pounds

Southwest Order #126

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

Other: OK, AZ, UT, NE, CO, CA, GA, AR 
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Billion Pounds

Arizona Order #131

Milk by State of Origin, 2020

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All Orders Combined

Top 10 States Contributing to Federal Order Pool, 2020
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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 -

2020 Summary," April 2021, 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 Jessica Newsome

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(202) 720-6491 (202) 260-9091

Kerry Siekmann Hripsime Tamrazyan

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(952) 277-2363 (202) 260-8953

Federal Milk Order Information Program

Kerry Siekmann Randal Stoker

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(952) 277-2363 (202) 690-1932

For the most current release, visit AMS Dairy Program (Dairy Products 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.

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

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

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