How much is a gallon of milk? In 2024, the average retail price of whole fortified milk in the United States was *** U.S. dollars, which was a decrease from the previous year. Milk production Dairy farming is an agricultural business which is engaged in the long-term milk production within the dairy industry. Dairy farming is a large contributor to the overall economy in many states. California, Wisconsin, and Idaho had the highest milk supply in 2022. Continuing the trend of each year breaking the record for milk production, an estimated ***** billion pounds of milk were produced in 2023. Milk consumption Since 2011, there has been a steady decline in milk consumption in the United States, with just **** liters consumed per capita compared to **** in 2011. This could be explained by consumers’ increasing shift towards plant-based dairy alternatives. In 2019, ** percent of consumers consumed soy products at least once a week, up from ** percent in 2010.

In 2024, floods and flash floods caused around 3.9 billion U.S. dollars worth of property and crop damage across the United States, up from roughly 2.1 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage in the previous year. The economic damage due to floods and flash floods in the North American country was the highest in 2017, at around 60.7 billion U.S. dollars. That year, the U.S. was hit by two of the costliest flood disasters in its history, in the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey, and Irma.