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February Milk Output ClimbsWASHINGTON - Mar 17/03 - SNS -- Milk production in the United States rose 1.7% above year earlier levels in February, reaching a preliminary estimate of 11.6 billion pounds. In releasing the latest output estimates, the USDA said production in January was revised to 12.5 billion pounds, was up 1.8% from January 2002. The January revision represented an increase of 1 million pounds from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 20 major States averaged 1,485 pounds for February, 13 pounds above February 2002. The number of milk cows on farms in the 20 major States was 7.81 million head, 66,000 head more than February 2002, and 3,000 head more than January 2003. The subscriber version of the article is available by Clicking here
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