Farm & Dairy Statistics

Wisconsin Monthly Dairy Farm Statistics

Number of Licensed Dairy Herds: 7,292 herds (January 1, 2020)

Number of Dairy Cows: 1,263,000 dairy cows (December 2019)

Average Number of Cows Per Dairy Farm: 173 dairy cows (December 2019)

Total Monthly Milk Production: 2.55 billion pounds (December 2019)

Monthly Milk Production Per Cow: 2,015 pounds or 234 gallons

Daily Milk Production Per Cow: 65 pounds or 7.6 gallons

Source: Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service (WASS)

Wisconsin Dairy Data

Dairy Data Brochure

Milk Production Overview

Milk Production Snapshot

Production - Wisconsin

Wisconsin Milk Production
10 Year Trend

Wisconsin Dairy Farms and Milk Production
1930 to Present

Wisconsin Dairy Cows and Milk Production per Cow
1930 to Present

Number of Wisconsin Dairy Farms by Herd Size
Latest Year Available

Wisconsin's Rank in the Nation's Dairy Industry
Latest Year

Production - U.S.

Total U.S. Milk Production
10 Year Trend

U.S. Milk Production – Top 8 States
Latest Year

U.S. Milk Production – Top 8 States
10 Year Trend

Consumption - U.S.

U.S. Per Capita Dairy Consumption
10 Year Trend

U.S. Per Capita Fluid Milk Consumption
10 Year Trend

U.S. Per Capita Fluid Milk Sales by Segment
10 Year Trend

U.S. Per Capita Frozen Dairy Consumption
10 Year Trend

U.S. Per Capita Yogurt Consumption
10 Year Trend

U.S. Per Capita Butter Consumption
10 Year Trend

Utilization - U.S.

Milk Utilization by Class, Upper Midwest vs. All Market Average
Latest Year

Milk Utilization by Class, All Orders vs. All Market Average
Latest Year