41.   Schiek said milk production in California has continued to rise, but the story is different in the rest of the country.

42.   Since California is self-sufficient in milk production, it has its own marketing system, Rourke said.

43.   That lowers milk production, and the farmers blame the cows.

44.   The feed is short on the nutrients needed to raise milk production.

45.   The reason is that revenue from the milk surtax is divvied up according to milk production.

46.   The purpose of the legislation was to encourage milk production outside the Upper Midwest and to guarantee that unspoiled milk would be available across the country.

47.   The system was created to encourage milk production outside the Upper Midwest and to guarantee that unspoiled milk would be available throughout the country.

48.   They have brought Texas from next to nowhere in milk production to sixth in the nation, after California, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.

49.   They say milk production is up in percentage terms because milk-producing conditions are better this year than they were last year.

50.   To make matters worse, the total supply of butter is down this time of year because milk production tails off.