Number of U.S. federal milk handlers 1999-2019

* Over this period, handler selected periodically not to pool substantial volumes of milk that normally would have been pooled under Federal orders. This decision resulted from disadvantageous blend/class price relationships and qualification circumstances. This fact should be kept in mind if year-to-year comparisons are made using the various ‘‘producer deliveries‘‘ measures of growth. All figures are end of year values.
This statistic was assembled from several USDA annual statistics reports.