State

2014 Production 

History Established 

for MPP (pounds)

2015 Production 

History Established 

for MPP (pounds)

2014 Milk 

Production 

(pounds)

Source: NASS

Number of Dairy 

Operations 

Establishing History 

for MPP

Number of Dairy 

Operations Licensed 

in 2014 

Source: NASS

Alabama 64,321,540 64,881,136 109,000,000 16 40

Alaska 3,084,346 3,111,179 3,500,000 2 2

Arizona 4,575,978,273 4,615,789,280 4,699,000,000 81 100

Arkansas 104,190,187 105,096,640 96,000,000 66 75

California 33,436,668,760 33,727,567,769 42,337,000,000 1,112 1,485

Colorado 3,026,277,283 3,052,605,895 3,593,000,000 93 120

Connecticut 316,470,118 319,223,403 383,000,000 91 130

Delaware 82,692,087 83,411,510 96,700,000 20 40

Florida 1,990,324,993 2,007,640,820 2,507,000,000 87 130

Georgia 1,316,940,914 1,328,398,299 1,684,000,000 186 230

Hawaii 18,577,849 18,739,476 29,900,000 1 2

Idaho 13,108,153,246 13,222,194,175 13,873,000,000 360 530

Illinois 1,597,327,152 1,611,223,910 1,850,000,000 534 690

Indiana 2,922,856,170 2,948,285,013 3,892,000,000 454 1,265

Iowa 3,944,977,729 3,979,299,036 4,646,000,000 964 1,370

Kansas 2,840,215,850 2,864,925,723 3,111,000,000 196 315

Kentucky 800,055,581 807,016,072 1,002,000,000 401 720

Louisiana 162,937,669 164,355,224 204,000,000 79 120

Maine 515,030,746 519,511,508 600,000,000 197 280

Maryland 604,989,964 610,253,386 987,000,000 216 450

Massachusetts 217,553,315 219,446,029 233,000,000 118 150

Michigan 7,071,729,805 7,133,253,866 9,609,000,000 1,099 1,950

Minnesota 7,707,472,876 7,774,527,913 9,127,000,000 2,698 3,605

Mississippi 139,039,879 140,249,523 188,000,000 65 85

Missouri 1,007,096,773 1,015,858,531 1,383,000,000 625 1,230

Montana 253,447,414 255,652,408 301,000,000 51 70

Nebraska 1,140,186,541 1,150,106,161 1,195,000,000 156 190

Nevada 631,612,429 637,107,456 690,000,000 19 20

New Hampshire 250,494,476 252,673,779 282,000,000 83 120

New Jersey 87,537,037 88,298,607 127,000,000 45 65

New Mexico 7,798,329,251 7,866,174,717 8,105,000,000 135 130

New York 9,331,478,960 9,412,662,828 13,733,000,000 2,540 4,950

North Carolina 871,910,556 879,496,174 961,000,000 179 250

North Dakota 249,234,915 251,403,260 324,000,000 65 100

Ohio 3,740,399,870 3,772,941,351 5,425,000,000 1,036 2,810

Oklahoma 509,649,499 514,083,454 697,000,000 100 170

Oregon 2,317,525,944 2,337,688,418 2,555,000,000 160 250

Pennsylvania 5,286,800,176 5,332,795,337 10,683,000,000 2,169 7,370

Puerto Rico 100,207,103 101,078,909 - 42

Rhode Island 13,459,559 13,576,658 17,100,000 12 15

South Carolina 99,818,028 100,686,445 262,000,000 28 80

South Dakota 1,940,967,060 1,957,853,471 2,109,000,000 210 255

Tennessee 697,371,339 703,438,466 750,000,000 262 370

Texas 9,582,165,618 9,665,530,456 10,310,000,000 371 440

Utah 1,868,427,042 1,884,682,359 2,182,000,000 173 210

Vermont 1,920,730,316 1,937,440,672 2,666,000,000 588 880

Virginia 1,328,918,423 1,340,480,009 1,780,000,000 380 630

Washington 5,518,085,537 5,566,092,884 6,584,000,000 317 480

West Virginia 75,672,913 76,331,267 140,000,000 28 75

Wisconsin 21,711,318,351 21,900,206,780 27,795,000,000 6,188 10,290

Wyoming 23,937,873 24,146,133 129,500,000 4 10

Total 164,924,649,335 166,359,493,775 206,045,700,000 25,102 45,344

Table 1: Dairy Operations Establishing Production History for 2014 and 2015 Margin Protection Program (MPP)

April 9, 2015