New Delhi, May 30 -- The dairy herd posted a 1,000 head decline during April, following 17,000 head decline in March, according to the USDA-National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS). Milk production was close to unchanged (+0.1%) from a year earlier during April, after a 0.6% decline in March. Cow productivity rebounded to a 1% increase year-over-year, after a paltry half percent increase in March.
This year started out encouraging as fluid milk product sales were only down 0.6% in January from a year earlier. But, fluid milk product sales trends finished the winter quarter on a weak note with March volume down 4.7% 2018's, that was the biggest year-over-year monthly drop since last September. The average fluid milk product sales vo...