Table 3. State and national standardized lactation averages for Guernseys calving in 1999, with records used in national genetic evaluations.

	Records	Milk	Fat		Protein1
State	(no.)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)
Alabama	4	17,202	4.37	751	3.34	574
Arizona	40	16,774	3.99	669	3.13	525
Arkansas	51	14,545	4.24	616	3.33	484
California	399	17,980	4.35	783	3.41	618
Connecticut	30	15,913	4.56	726	3.27	521
Delaware	2	17,850	4.36	779	3.33	594
Florida	3	9,810	5.02	492	3.77	370
Georgia	11	13,603	3.73	507	3.15	428
Idaho	24	15,632	4.20	656	3.44	537
Illinois	287	16,731	4.44	743	3.29	550
Indiana	463	15,736	4.39	691	3.35	527
Iowa	726	16,661	4.48	747	3.31	552
Kansas	49	15,079	4.21	634	3.20	483
Kentucky	79	13,559	4.33	587	3.30	448
Louisiana	90	15,072	4.41	664	3.35	504
Maine	34	14,483	4.67	677	3.52	509
Maryland	451	16,818	4.55	765	3.32	559
Massachusetts	12	16,452	4.30	708	3.25	534
Michigan	110	14,409	4.52	651	3.26	470
Minnesota	702	15,062	4.53	683	3.30	497
Mississippi	1	17,464	4.79	836	3.32	579
Missouri	351	14,322	4.35	624	3.37	483
Montana	49	16,618	4.13	687	3.29	548
Nebraska	150	16,738	4.39	735	3.31	554
New Hampshire	29	19,005	4.16	791	3.35	636
New York	650	15,210	4.54	690	3.30	502
North Carolina	117	15,317	4.32	662	3.30	505
North Dakota	1	15,619	3.86	603	3.05	476
Ohio	501	15,983	4.47	714	3.34	534
Oklahoma	49	15,151	4.04	612	3.22	489
Oregon	406	17,748	4.44	788	3.33	592
Pennsylvania	944	16,030	4.43	711	3.25	521
South Carolina	129	17,035	4.43	755	3.29	560
South Dakota	85	14,441	4.66	672	3.26	471
Tennessee	75	15,956	4.24	677	3.24	517
Texas	71	14,624	4.34	634	3.29	480
Utah	21	17,648	4.41	778	3.31	583
Vermont	187	14,991	4.59	687	3.34	501
Virginia	305	14,281	4.48	640	3.37	482
Washington	100	18,104	4.58	829	3.38	611
West Virginia	50	15,228	4.31	656	3.46	526
Wisconsin	2,435	16,026	4.53	725	3.28	526
United States	10,273	15,963	4.47	713	3.31	528
1Protein was reported with at least 99% of records for all states except California (92%)