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NEW YORK CROP
ND LIVESTOCK REPORT

Released: May 2006
Monthly
No. 973-5-06

NEW YORK WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION UP

Results from the May 2006 Agricultural Yield Survey show winter wheat production in New York is forecast at 6.70 million bushels, up 12 percent from 2005's output.  Acreage for harvest is up 20 percent while yields are expected to average 56 bushels per acre, up 3 bushel from a year ago. The U.S. winter wheat crop is placed at 1.32 billion bushels, down 12 percent from 2005.

NEW YORK HAY STOCKS DOWN

Hay  stocks  on  New  York  farms  on  May  1,  2006  totaled 285 thousand  tons,  down  35  percent  from  the 440  thousand  tons  on  farms  on  May  1,  2005.  Nationally,  on  farm  hay  stocks  totaled  21.3  million  tons,  down  23  percent  from  the  previous  year.

Hay Stocks and Pasture Condition, New York and United States

State	All Hay			Pasture
	Stocks on farms May 1			Condition on May 4
	2004	2005	2006	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
	1,000 tons			Percent
New York	552	440	285	2	14	30	50	4
Vermont	86	71	571	0	34	19	45	2
Massachusetts	15	17	17	0	0	8	62	30
New Jersey	40	36	8	0	55	30	15	0
Pennsylvania	570	650	410	7	21	49	20	3
United States	25,947	27,758	21,315	8	13	30	39	10

2005 NEW YORK MILK PRODUCTION

Total milk production in New York during 2005, at 12.1 billion pounds, was up 3 percent from the 11.7 billion pounds of 2004. The annual average number of milk cows, at 648,000 head, was down 1 percent from the previous year. Annual output per cow averaged 18,639 pounds, up 5 percent from 2004.

Cash receipts from the sale of New York milk during 2005 totaled $1.91 billion, down 2 percent from the previous year. The $15.90 per hundredweight  received  for  all  milk  sold  by  New  York  farmers was down $.90, or 5 percent, from the $16.80 received in 2004. Marketing totals include whole milk and producer-separated cream sold  to  plants  and  dealers  as  well  as  milk  sold  directly  to consumers.

New York dairymen used 42 million pounds of milk on their farms during 2005, unchanged from the previous year. About 95 percent of the milk used on farms was fed back to calves. The value of all milk produced, including milk fed back to calves, totaled $1.92 billion, down 2 percent from 2004.

National milk production increased 3.5 percent in 2005 to 177 billion pounds. The annual output per cow, at 19,576 pounds, was 609 pounds above 2004. The average number of milk cows during 2004, at 9.04 million head, was 29,000 head more than 2004. Cash receipts from marketed milk during 2005, at $26.7 billion, were 3 percent below 2004. Producer returns nationwide averaged $15.20 per hundredweight, 6 percent below the 2004 average.

Milk Production, Disposition and Income, New York and United States, 2003-2005

Item	Unit	New York			United States
		2003	2004	2005	2003	2004	2005
Milk cows, average number during year	1,000 hd.	671	655	648	9,083	9,012	9,041
Milk per cow	Pounds	17,812	17,786	18,639	18,760	18,967	19,576
Total milk production	Mil. lb.	11,952	11,650	12,078	170,394	170,934	176,989
Disposition of milk produced:
Used on farms, include fed to calves	Mil. lb.	47	42	42	1,119	1,103	1,077
Sold wholesale or retailed by producers	Mil. lb.	11,905	11,608	12,036	169,276	169,830	175,912
Price received for milk sold wholesale	Dol. per cwt.	$13.10	$16.80	$15.90	$12.55	$16.13	$15.20
Cash receipts from marketing of milk	Mil. dol.	$1,560	$1,950	$1,914	$21,239	$27,387	$26,738
Value of milk produced (includes milk used on farms)	Mil. dol.	$1,566	$1,957	$1,920	$21,381	$27,568	$26,904

2005 POULTRY OUTPUT VALUED AT $50.5 MILLION

Egg Production and Value, New York, 2002-2005 Year Number of layers Eggs per layer Eggs produced Price per dozen Value of production   1,000 No. Mil. Cents 1,000 dol.     2002 3,887 283 1,100 48.9 44,825 2003 3,659 286 1,048 64.5 56,330 2004 4,021 289 1,163 61.7 59,844 2005 4,167 286 1,190 36.8 36,461

Broiler Production and Value, New York, 2002-2005 Year Production Price per pound Value of production Number Pounds   1,000 1,000 Cents 1,000 dol.     2002 2,900 16,000 33.0 5,280 2003 2,600 14,600 35.0 5,110 2004 2,600 14,600 45.0 6,570 2005 3,000 16,200 47.0 7,614

Chickens Sold and Value of Sales 1/ New York, 2002-2005 Year Sold Price per pound Value of sales Number Pounds   1,000 1,000 Cents 1,000 dol.     2002 2,399 10,076 0.1 10 2003 2,702   9,187 0.1   9 2004 3,201 10,563 0.1 11 2005 3,277 13,763 0.1 14

Turkey Production and Value, New York and United States, 2003-2005

Item	Unit	New York					United States
		2003	2004		2005		2003	2004	2005
Number raised (all breeds)	1,000 hd.	570		580		620	274,048	264,207	256,270
Pounds produced (liveweight)	1,000 lbs.	13,281		13,746		14,012	7,487,293	7,304,813	7,206,560
Price per pound	Cents	36.0		43.0		46.0	36.1	42.0	44.9
Value of production	1,000 dol.	4,781		5,911		6,446	2,699,673	3,065,417	3,232,576
1/  Excludes broilers.

Commercial Livestock Slaughter, March ^1/

Species	Number Slaughtered						Total Live Weight
	New York			United States			New York			United States
	2005		2006	2005		2006	2005		2006	2005	2006
	1,000 head			1,000 head			Million pounds			Million pounds
Cattle	3.3		2.4	2,725.1		2,852.4	3.8		2.9	3,360.7	3,630.4
Calves	10.4		8.5	68.0		59.2	.9		1.9	22.3	21.9
Hogs	2.2		3.1	8,949.7		9,234.1	.5		.7	2,423.7	2,510.9
Sheep and lambs	5.8		2.5	280.1		249.7	.4		.2	38.8	36.3
1/   Slaughter in federal and non-federal inspected plants.  Excludes farm slaughter.

APRIL PRICES DECREASED

Prices received by New York producers during April for selected commodities decreased from a month earlier. The price of corn, wheat, hay, apples, milk and eggs decreased.  The price of oats increased.  The price of potatoes remained unchanged.   Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales information.

Grain corn, at $2.44 per bushel, decreased 3 cents from March but increased 5 cents from last year. Oat price, at $1.72 per bushel, increased 4 cents from March but decreased 15 cents from April last year.   Wheat price is $3.34, 29 cents below last month but 51 cents above last year. Hay averaged $111.00 per ton, $1.00 less than March but $17.00 more than April 2005.  Potatoes averaged $12.70 per hundredweight, unchanged from March but $5.65 more than April a year ago. Fresh market apple prices at the packinghouse door averaged 25.50 cents per pound this month, .40 cents less than March but 3.50 cents more than April 2005.   

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $12.50 per hundredweight of milk sold during April, down 90 cents from March and down $3.00 from April a year ago.  Poultry producers received an average of 33 cents per dozen eggs sold, down 17 cents from March but up 8 cents from April 2005. 

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in April, at 115, based on 1990-92=100, increased 1 point (0.9 percent) from March. The Crop Index is up 11 points (9.3 percent) but the Livestock Index decreased 6 points (5.5 percent). Producers received higher commodity prices for lettuce, tomatoes, onions and strawberries. Lower prices were received for broilers, cattle, eggs, and hogs. The overall index is also affected by the seasonal change based on a 3-year average mix of commodities a producer sells. Increased average marketings of strawberries, cattle, sweet corn, and oranges offset decreased marketings of soybeans, corn, wheat, and hogs.

                                                          Prices Received by Farmers ^1/

Commodity	Unit	New York			United States
		Apr. 2005	Mar. 2006	Apr. 2006	Apr. 2005	Mar. 2006	Apr. 2006
		Dollars			Dollars
Corn	bu.	2.39	2.47	2.44	2.00	2.06	2.11
Oats	bu.	1.87	1.68	1.72	1.65	1.81	1.72
Wheat	bu.	2.83	3.63	3.34	3.35	3.79	3.90
Barley	bu.	-	1.68	1.68	2.26	2.71	2.67
Soybeans	bu.	6.00	5.16	5.24	6.03	5.57	5.39
Hay, baled	ton	94.00	112.00	111.00	99.40	97.10	106.00
Potatoes	cwt.	7.05	12.70	12.70	6.20	8.21	8.66
Apples, fresh market 2/	cwt.	22.00	25.90	25.50	17.30	25.60	24.70
Milk, wholesale	cwt.	15.50	13.40	12.50	15.20	12.60	12.10
Milk cows 3/	head	1,600.00	-	1,630.00	1,770.00	-	1,770.00
Eggs, table market	doz.	0.250	0.500	0.330	0.268	0.499	0.318
Slaughter cows	cwt.	52.90	46.10	4/	57.00	49.50	48.70
Steers and heifers	cwt.	77.80	73.30	4/	98.10	93.00	89.70
All slaughter cattle	cwt.	54.70	47.60	4/	93.70	88.10	85.20
Calves	cwt.	147.00	175.80	4/	141.00	138.00	136.00
Hogs	cwt.	44.50	42.50	‑	51.10	42.80	39.10
Lambs	cwt.	154.80	129.60	‑	114.00	91.10	4/
Index (1990-92=100)
Prices received					121	114	115
Prices paid					140	146	147
Ratio prices received to prices paid					86	78	78
1/  Mid-month price for current month.  Average price for entire month shown for previous periods. 2/  New York price is equivalent packinghouse door. 3/  Milk cow prices published quarterly. 4/ Price available next month.

Prices Paid by Farmers

Commodity	Unit	Northeast			United States
		Apr. 2004	Apr. 2005	Apr. 2006	Apr. 2004	Apr. 2005	Apr. 2006
		Dollars			Dollars
Gasoline, unleaded, bulk delivery	gal.	1,820	2.200	2.60	1.760	2.225	2.597
Diesel fuel	gal.	1.400	2.020	2.35	1.310	1.968	2.275
Complete laying feed ration	ton	260.,00	226.00	237.00	249.00	226.00	240.00
Mixed dairy feed, 16% protein	ton	207.00	190.00	207.00	218.00	197.00	210.00
Soybean meal, 44% protein	cwt.	19.50	16.00	18.30	19.60	16.10	16.90
Bran	cwt.	13.40	14.60	15.50	14.80	15.00	16.10
Corn meal	cwt.	10.60	9.88	11.20	9.84	9.57	10.10
Molasses, liquid	cwt.	12.10	14.30	20.00	14.20	14.80	17.90
Stock salt	50 lb.	5.68	6.42	6.06	4.53	4.78	4.67
Feed Price Ratios
Milk-feed 1/					3.11	3.18	2.47
Egg-feed 2/					7.8	5.2	6.3
1/  Pounds of 16% mixed dairy feed equal in value to 1 pound whole milk.  2/  Pounds of laying feed equal in value to 1 dozen eggs.

                                        APRIL MILK PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT

New York dairy herds produced 1.03 billion pounds of milk during April.  A 2 percent increase in milk production per cow resulted in the increased total milk production compared to last year. The number of milk cows averaged 649,000 head, up 3,000 head from April of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,590 pounds, up 25 pounds from the April 2005 rate.

Milk production in the 23 major States during April totaled 14.2 billion pounds, up 3.7 percent from April 2005.   Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,727 pounds for April, 37 pounds above April 2005.The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.24 million head, 124,000 head more than April 2005, and 13,000 head more than March 2006.

                                                                                          Dairy Briefs

Item	Unit	New York			23 Major States
		Apr. 2005	Mar. 2006	Apr. 2006	Apr. 2005	Mar. 2006	Apr. 2006
Milk Production	Mil. lb.	1,011	1,058	1,032	13,717	14,604	14,230
Milk per cow	Lb.	1,565	1,630	1,590	1,690	1,775	1,727
No. of milk cows	Thou. hd.	646	649	649	8,117	8,228	8,241

                                                                Dairy Products Manufactured

Item	Unit	New York			United States
		Mar. 2005	Feb. 2006	Mar. 2006	Mar. 2005	Feb. 2006	Mar. 2006
Butter	Thou. lb.	1,660	1,639	1,625	122,402	136,953	142,025
American cheese	Thou. lb.	NA	NA	NA	331,468	304,376	338,396
Mozzarella cheese	Thou. lb.	16,681	14,440	16,309	269,830	242,804	271,511
Yogurt, plain and flavored	Thou. lb.	15,427	16,389	20,902	275,949	238,108	285,682
Ice cream, hard	Thou. gal.	2,579	2,045	2,360	78,753	62,916	77,914

NA – Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

                                   NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 4 PERCENT IN MARCH

Egg production on New York farms totaled 97 million eggs in March 2006, down 4 percent from last year.  The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.0 million, was down 3 percent from March 2005, and the rate of lay decreased 1 percent to 24.12 eggs per layer.

U.S. egg production totaled 7.84 billion during March 2006, up 1 percent from last year.  An indication of future egg supply, egg-type chicks hatched during March 2006 totaled 38.9 million, down 7 percent from March 2005.  Eggs in incubators totaled 35.8 million on April 1, 2006 down 5 percent from a year ago.

                                                                                                        Poultry Briefs

Item	Unit	Mar. 2005	Feb. 2006	Mar. 2006	Mar. 2005	Feb. 2006	Mar. 2006
		New York			United States
Number of layers	Thou.	4,163	4,060	4,021	346,959	349,764	350,085
Eggs per layer	No.	24.26	21.67	24.12	22.30	19.95	22.39
Eggs produced	Mil.	101	88	97	7,738	6,977	7,837
		North and South Atlantic States			United States
Chicks hatched, egg-type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	41,701	33,665	38,918
Chicks hatched, broiler type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	816,552	733,145	817,068
Chicken eggs in incubators 1/
Egg-type	Thou.	10,659	11,634	10,324	37,732	36,514	35,797
Broiler-type	Thou.	251,205	256,767	254,147	660,137	665,624	658,570
1/ First day of following month. 2/   Data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.

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