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Posted at 10:17 a.m., Friday, July 13, 2007

Hawai'i livestock sector posts mixed results in May

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i's livestock sector posted mixed results in May.

Hawai'i's dairy cows produced 3.3 million pounds of milk in May, down 35 percent from a year ago. Cumulative milk production for the first five months of 2007 totaled 18.9 million pounds, down 25 percent from the same period in 2006, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Meanwhile, commercial pork production in May fell 5 percent to 316,000 pounds, compared with May 2006. Cumulative pork production for the first five months of 2007 fell 7 percent to 1.4 million pounds.

Hawaii commercial beef production rose 5 percent from May 2006 to 582,000 pounds. Cumulative beef production through May rose 7 percent to 2.6 million pound.

Hawaii egg production fell 17 percent to 6.9 million in May 2007. Through May egg production fell 19 percent to 34.2 million eggs.