# American Dairy Cows Produce 2.4% More Milk; Farmers Ask If They Could Try Producing Money Instead

> U.S. milk production rose 2.4% year over year in August, while the national dairy herd reached about 9.717 million cows. The article describes farmers’ difficulty earning adequate margins despite higher output.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-11T06:18:54.580Z
- Category: report · region United States · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/93080-american-dairy-cows-produce-2-4-more-milk-farmers-ask-if-they-could-try
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

More milk output can increase dairy-product supply and weigh on milk prices, while tight farm margins may constrain feed-buying capacity. The article gives no specific feed-cost or price data.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-10-22 | [Milk production up more than 3% in August, pushing dairy prices down - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22574-milk-production-up-more-than-3-in-august-pushing-dairy-prices-down-brownfield.md) | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| MILK | 2024-05-14 | [2024 All-Milk Price Sees Growth, More Cows and Production Predicted - Dairy Herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30251-2024-all-milk-price-sees-growth-more-cows-and-production-predicted-dairy-herd.md) | -0.0% | +5.7% |
| MILK | 2020-04-24 | [Dairy prices fall as milk production rises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6500-dairy-prices-fall-as-milk-production-rises.md) | -13.8% | -7.5% |
| MILK | 2025-03-13 | [USDA Lowers 2025 Dairy Product, Milk Price Forecasts, Also Reduces Milk Production Forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25582-usda-lowers-2025-dairy-product-milk-price-forecasts-also-reduces-milk.md) | -0.5% | -7.2% |
| MILK | 2025-06-28 | [Increasing milk production will color US dairy markets in months to come.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24218-increasing-milk-production-will-color-us-dairy-markets-in-months-to-come.md) | -7.8% | -7.7% |

## Sources

- farm.fm: https://farm.fm/dairy-cows-produce-more-milk-try-producing-money/

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