THE LAND — FEBRUARY 4/FEBRUARY 11, 2022
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Americans chewed through plenty of butter in December percent on 5,000 fewer cows and This column was written for the marketunchanged output per cow. Minnesota ing week ending Jan. 28. was up 1.7 percent on 5,000 more cows U.S. milk production was slightly below and a 10-pound gain per cow. New that of a year ago in December, according Mexico was down 15 percent on a drop of to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 45,000 cows and 40 pounds less per cow. latest Milk Production report. Preliminary New York was down 1.7 percent on data put output at 18.8 billion pounds, 6,000 fewer cows and a 15-pound drop down just 0.15 percent from December per cow. Oregon was up 0.5 percent on a 2020. The top 24 producing states’ total MIELKE MARKET 10-pound gain per cow and no change in was 18 billion pounds, down 0.2 percent. WEEKLY cow numbers. Pennsylvania was down Revisions lowered the original 50-state 2.6 percent on 8,000 fewer cows and 15 By Lee Mielke November estimate by 11 million pounds, pounds less per cow. South Dakota now put at 18 billion, down 0.4 perwas up 2 percent, thanks to 29,000 cent from a year ago. more cows offsetting a 10-pound December cow numbers totaled drop per cow. Texas was up 3.4 per9.375 million, down 7,000 from cent on 12,000 more cows and a 30-pound gain per November. It is the seventh consecutive month they cow. Vermont was down 1.4 percent on a 25-pound were down from the previous month, and were drop per cow. Cow numbers were unchanged. 67,000 head below a year ago. The November count Washington State was down 7.3 percent on a loss of was revised 3,000 head lower. The U.S. milking herd 18,000 cows and 20 pounds less per cow than a year has dropped 132,000 head from its peak in May. ago. Output per cow averaged 2,008 pounds, up 11 pounds or 0.6 percent from a year ago. The preliminary data shows 2021 milk output As an industry we weren’t putting totaled 226.3 billion pounds, up 1.4 percent from expensive butter into inventory 2020. Cow numbers averaged 9.45 million head, up and that likely continued into 60,000 or 0.6 percent from 2020, with output per the first half of January but there cow up an average of 173 pounds or 0.7 percent are indications that stocks are now from 2020. USDA’s latest projections show 2022 starting to build seasonally. milk output will be up 0.7 percent from 2021. — Dave Kurzawski December milk output in the number-one producing state, California, totaled 3.5 billion pounds. This The Jan. 24 Daily Dairy Report points out that is up 75 million or 2.2 percent from a year ago, herds in New Mexico and Washington state shrunk thanks to a 45-pound gain per cow offsetting 1,000 fewer cows. Wisconsin put 2.65 billion pounds in the “as co-ops began to manage supply and cows were relocated to states with fewer restrictions and tank, up 46 million or 1.8 percent. Cow numbers newer facilities.” No doubt, weather and local ecowere up 16,000 and output per cow was up 10 nomics also contributed. pounds. StoneX viewed the report as slightly bullish; but Idaho was up 1.7 percent on 6,000 more cows and pointed out that components were very strong, with 15 pounds more per cow. Michigan was down 1.2
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protein up 3.32 percent vs. 3.28 percent last year, and butterfat at 4.16 percent vs. 4.11 percent a year ago. In the week ending Jan. 15, 62,100 dairy cows were sent to slaughter. This is down 900 from the previous week, and 5,300 head or 7.9 percent below a year ago. The amount of market share that dairy cows account for in the total cattle market has shifted slightly lower; but still accounts for just over 10 percent of the beef market, according to StoneX, and may signify the end of the dairy herd decline. n Americans chewed through plenty of butter in December, as evidenced in the USDA’s latest Cold Storage report. The Dec. 31 butter inventory fell to 199.1 million pounds, down 11.4 million or 5.4 percent from November. This is the sixth consecutive month butter lost ground, and the lowest level since December 2019. Stocks were 74.7 million pounds or 27.3 percent below those in December 2020, the third month in a row to fall short of the previous year. American-type cheese added 11.5 million pounds or 1.4 percent from November, and was 44.6 million pounds or 5.6 percent above a year ago. The “other” cheese category grew to 576.8 million pounds, up 10 million or 1.8 percent from November, and 2.1 million pounds or 0.4 percent above a year ago. The total cheese inventory hit 1.445 billion pounds, which is up 22.8 million pounds or 1.6 percent from November, and a plentiful 48.8 million or 3.5 percent above a year ago. StoneX viewed the data as neutral to cheese but bullish for butter, adding “As an industry we weren’t putting expensive butter into inventory and that likely continued into the first half of January but See MIELKE, pg. 14
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