# Weaker milk per cow tempered growth in May -  | Ag Proud

> USDA's Milk Production report showed May 2017 U.S. output up 1.8 percent year over year to 18.94 billion pounds, with 71,000 more cows. Milk per cow growth slowed, and output fell in California, Wisconsin and Idaho.

- Date: 2017-06-21 · published 2017-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70632-weaker-milk-per-cow-tempered-growth-in-may-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding herd and output add to dairy supply and weigh on Class III milk prices, while lower per-cow yields in key states slightly temper the surplus.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2017-11-21 | [Milk production growth continues -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9917-milk-production-growth-continues-ag-proud.md) | -9.4% | -8.3% |
| MILK | 2021-02-24 | [Less acceleration: Milk production growth slowed in January \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48644-less-acceleration-milk-production-growth-slowed-in-january-ag-proud.md) | +0.1% | +3.8% |
| MILK | 2024-05-13 | [Increased cow numbers, milk per cow raise 2024-25 milk production estimates \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30250-increased-cow-numbers-milk-per-cow-raise-2024-25-milk-production-estimates-ag.md) | +0.5% | +5.7% |
| MILK | 2017-09-18 | [Milk production estimates raised on milk-per-cow growth \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68975-milk-production-estimates-raised-on-milk-per-cow-growth-dairy-leadertelegram-com.md) | +0.9% | +3.0% |
| MILK | 2019-02-21 | [December milk production growth slows, milk prices lower - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60591-december-milk-production-growth-slows-milk-prices-lower-progressive-dairy-ag.md) | +9.3% | +6.6% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/28016-weaker-milk-per-cow-tempered-growth-in-may

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