Number of Licensed Dairy Herds in New England
National Dairy Herd Survey, American Farm Bureau Federation
	CT	ME	MA	NH	RI	VT	Total
1992	355	670	420	304	47	2283	4079
1993	346	637	416	299	44	2207	3949
1994	309	614	391	267	35	2065	3681
1995	301	592	368	241	33	1985	3520
1996	289	546	346	225	33	1928	3367
1997	265	532	334	207	31	1868	3237
1998	241	501	308	197	28	1774	3049
1999	240	490	290	199	30	1715	2964
2000	228	458	270	181	28	1607	2772
	Percent Change in Licensed Dairy Herds
	CT	ME	MA	NH	RI	VT	Total
1993	-2.5%	-4.9%	-1.0%	-1.6%	-6.4%	-3.3%	-3.2%
1994	-10.7%	-3.6%	-6.0%	-10.7%	-20.5%	-6.4%	-6.8%
1995	-2.6%	-3.6%	-5.9%	-9.7%	-5.7%	-3.9%	-4.4%
1996	-4.0%	-7.8%	-6.0%	-6.6%	0.0%	-2.9%	-4.3%
1997	-8.3%	-2.6%	-3.5%	-8.0%	-6.1%	-3.1%	-3.9%
1998	-9.1%	-5.8%	-7.8%	-4.8%	-9.7%	-5.0%	-5.8%
1999	-0.4%	-2.2%	-5.8%	1.0%	7.1%	-3.3%	-2.8%
2000	-5.0%	-6.5%	-6.9%	-9.0%	-6.7%	-6.3%	-6.5%