Production climbed to 15.47 billion pounds (7.2 billion kilograms) from 15.07 billion in November 2009, the USDA said today in a report. The dairy herd rose 0.3 percent to 9.121 million head from a year earlier, while the average cow produced 1,696 pounds of milk during the month, up 2.3 percent, the department said.  For the full story click here.