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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Bryan Combs
Monday, November 20, 2006
www.nass.usda.gov/ny
OCTOBER MILK PRODUCTION DOWN SLIGHTLY
New York dairy herds produced 1.01 billon pounds of milk during October according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field office. Milk cows declined from the previous year while milk per cow increased from the previous year resulting in a slight decrease in milk production compared to October 2005. The number of milk cows averaged 638,000 head, down 12,000 head from September of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,575 pounds, up 25 pounds from the October 2005 rate.
Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $13.70 per hundredweight of milk sold during October, up 50 cents from September and $2.20 below October a year ago.
Milk production in the 23 major States during October totaled 13.7 billion pounds, up 2.1 percent from October 2005. September revised production, at 13.3 billion pounds, was up 2.0 percent from September 2005. The September revision represented a decrease of 6 million pounds from last month’s preliminary production estimate.
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,656 pounds for October, 19 pounds above October 2005. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.25 million head, 78,000 head more than October 2005, and 2,000 head more than September 2006.
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11-20-06
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