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| Manitoba Milk Producers |
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| Manitoba has Canada's fifth largest dairy cow herd with 4.4 percent of the nation's dairy cows and 0.5 percent of total North American dairy cows in 1995. Dairy cow numbers in Manitoba declined fairly steadily over the past twenty years from 91,000 head in January, 1976 to 54,000 head in January, 1994, an average decrease of over two percent a year. However, cow numbers rose by 2,000 head between January 1, 1994 and January 1, 1996, while replacement heifers increased by 1,000 head. In 1995, Manitoba's 937 commercial operators sold 280.8 million litres of milk and cream, slightly less than in 1994. The productivity of Manitoba dairy cows has increased significantly since 1976, when 3.1 kl of milk and cream were sold per cow per year compared to 5.0 kl per cow in 1994 and 1995. Farm cash receipts from milk and cream sold in 1995 amounted to $136.6 million, 5.6 percent of the total farm cash receipts for the province. About 42.8 percent of dairy cash receipts came from sales of milk and cream for fluid use, 51.0 percent were from sales for industrial milk use, 0.4 percent from industrial cream sales and the remaining 5.8 percent were supplementary payments to dairy producers. |
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| Manitoba Milk Producers |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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