Washington, July 17 - U.S. milk production was 14.741 billion lbs in June, down from 14.760 billion from the same month in 2008, according to the Agriculture Department.
In its monthly milk production report, USDA revised the May production estimate to 15.529 billion lbs, an increase of 46 million lbs or 0.3 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major states averaged 1,746 lbs for June, 10 lbs above June 2008.
There were 8.44 million dairy cows on farms in the 23 major states in June, 56,000 head less than June 2008, and 29,000 head less than May 2009.