Too Many Cows and Too Much Milk – and it’s Getting Worse!
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- Aug 4
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Prices for producer milk are low. The primary factors are low butterfat and protein prices. What is causing this? Too many cows and too much milk. This post will show where these trends are going. Cow numbers are still increasing, not decreasing. Milk per cow is improving, contributing to too much milk. Milk production is still increasing, not decreasing despite minimal changes in domestic consumption.
Charts I, II, and III below show the current trends. Many current articles have expressed that there is too much milk. A prior post to this site has shown the need to export excess milk products.
Chart I shows the growth in milk production. From 2021 to 2024 milk production was flat. In 2025 and 2026, the amount of milk per month significantly increased. The increase is 771 million pounds of milk per month, a 4% increase
John Geuss
August 4, 2026
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