# September Milk Production Up 2.3% - EDairy News English

> USDA's preliminary September Milk Production report put US output at 18.0 billion pounds, up 2.3% from a year earlier and the largest gain since March. It is the first year-on-year increase in three years, with rising output per cow and cow numbers across major states.

- Date: 2020-10-22 · published 2020-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50650-september-milk-production-up-2-3-edairy-news-english
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding US milk output is bearish for dairy prices and may keep dairy farm margins under pressure. Higher milk supply also supports feed demand from larger herds.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2022-09-22 | [Milk Production, Cow Numbers Slowly Creeping Back Up - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39596-milk-production-cow-numbers-slowly-creeping-back-up-edairy-news-english.md) | +0.1% | +9.4% |
| MILK | 2021-05-20 | [Mielke: 2021 Milk Production Estimates Raised - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47111-mielke-2021-milk-production-estimates-raised-edairy-news-english.md) | 0.0% | -8.7% |
| MILK | 2021-06-16 | [Mielke: Milk Production Estimates Raised Again - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46578-mielke-milk-production-estimates-raised-again-edairy-news-english.md) | +0.5% | -2.7% |
| MILK | 2021-07-27 | [U.S. Milk Production Slowed In June. Sierra Dawn McClain/Capital Press - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46066-u-s-milk-production-slowed-in-june-sierra-dawn-mcclain-capital-press-edairy.md) | -0.4% | -3.0% |
| MILK | 2021-02-10 | [Benchmark Price Up 32 Cents - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48803-benchmark-price-up-32-cents-edairy-news-english.md) | +1.0% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- en.edairynews.com: https://en.edairynews.com/september-milk-production-up-2-3/

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