NY Crop & Livestock Report August 2006

New York production of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, at 1.22 million tons, is 30 percent above 2005. Other dry hay production is expected to total 2.15 million tons, up 28 percent from a year ago. Due to the extremely wet summer, much of the acreage intended for dry hay has been cut for haylage. Oat production, expected to total 5.04 million bushels, is 24 percent above a year ago. Soybean production is estimated at 7.90 million bushels, the same as last year’s record high.

Soybean production is forecast at 2.93 billion bushels, down 5 percent from 2005 and down 6 percent from 2004. Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 39.6 bushels per acre, down 3.7 bushels from the record high U.S. yield set last year. Yields are lower than 2005 throughout the Great Plains, the western Corn Belt, and the Gulf Coast States, while yields are expected to remain unchanged or increase in the Ohio Valley, Arkansas, Missouri, and the Atlantic Coast States. Area for harvest, at 73.9 million acres, remains unchanged from June but is up 4 percent from 2005.

DRY BEANS: Planted Acreage by Classes, New York and United States, 2004-2006

Class	New York			United States
	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006

	1,000 acres			1,000 acres
Light Red Kidney	12.0	13.0	10.0	55.7	71.4	47.0
Dark Red Kidney	1.5	1.5	2.5	51.3	60.7	48.5
Black	9.0	9.0	11.3	138.3	111.6	166.8
All Other	1.5	1.5	1.2	1,109.0	1,421.3	1,345.0

TOTAL	24.0	25.0	25.0	1,354.3	1,665.0	1,607.3

Hired Workers on Farms and Wage Rates

Item	Northeast I 1/			United States
Item	July 10-16, 2005	Apr. 9-15, 2006	July 9-15, 2006	July 10-16, 2005	Apr. 9-15, 2006	July 9-15, 2006
	1,000 workers

All hired workers	46	34	36	936	720	875
Worked 150 days or more	35	28	24	662	581	630
Worked less than 150 days	11	6	12	274	139	245

	Hours worked per worker

All hired workers	40.0	43.1	39.1	40.6	40.8	40.9

	Dollars per hour

Field workers	8.88	9.71	9.28	8.61	8.95	8.95
Livestock workers	9.55	9.54	9.57	9.26	9.31	9.56
Field & livestock workers	9.11	9.65	9.38	8.78	9.06	9.10
All hired workers	9.70	10.49	9.95	9.38	9.78	9.74

1/ New York and New England States (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) are combined into Northeast I region

JULY 1 CATTLE INVENTORY UP 1 PERCENT

All cattle and calves in the United States as of July 1, 2006, totaled 105.7 million head, 1 percent above the 104.5 million on July 1, 2005 and 2 percent above the 103.4 million two years ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 43.0 million, were up slightly from the 42.8 million on July 1, 2005 and 1 percent above the 42.4 million two years ago.

Beef cows, at 33.9 million, were up slightly from July 1, 2005 and up 1 percent from two years ago. Milk cows, at 9.15 million, were up 1 percent from July 1, 2005 and up 2 percent from two years ago.

The 2006 calf crop is expected to be 37.9 million, up slightly from 2005 and up 1 percent from 2004. Calves born during the first half of the year are estimated at 27.6 million, up 1 percent from 2005 and up 1 percent from 2004.

CATTLE AND CALVES: Number by Class and Calf Crop, United States, July 1, 2004-2006

Class	2004	2005	2006
	1,000 head

Cattle and Calves	103,400	104,500	105,700

Cows that have calved	42,400	42,800	43,000
Beef cows	33,400	33,750	33,850
Milk cows	9,000	9,050	9,150

Heifers 500 lbs. and over	15,950	16,200	16,500
For beef cow replacement	4,800	5,000	5,000
For milk cow replacement	3,600	3,700	3,800
Other heifers	7,550	7,500	7,700

Steers 500 lbs. and over	14,200	14,400	14,900
Bulls 500 lbs. and over	2,050	2,100	2,100
Calves under 500 pounds	28,800	29,000	29,200

Calf crop	37,505	37,780	37,900

JULY PRICES MIXED

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

Grain corn, at $2.45 per bushel, increased 1 cent from June and 22 cents from last year. Oat price, at $1.89 per bushel, decreased 2 cents from June but increased 27 cents from July last year. Wheat price was $3.52, 12 cents below last month but 19 cents above last year. Hay averaged $135.00 per ton, $7.00 more than June and $23.00 more than July 2005.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $12.30 per hundredweight of milk sold during July, unchanged from June but $3.10 less than July a year ago. Poultry producers received an average of 28 cents per dozen eggs sold, down 12 cents from June and 7 cents from July last year.

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in July, at 117 based on 1990-92=100, was unchanged from June. The Crop Index is down 3 points (2.4 percent) while the Livestock Index was unchanged. Producers received higher commodity prices for cattle, broilers, asparagus, and snap beans. Lower prices were received for grapes, cantaloupes, hogs, and broccoli. 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 grapes, wheat, tomatoes and hay offset decreased marketings of milk, cantaloupes, potatoes, and asparagus.

Prices Received by Farmers 1/

Commodity	Unit	New York			United States
Commodity	Unit	July 2005	June 2006	July 2006	July 2005		June 2006		July2006
		Dollars			Dollars

Corn	bu.	2.23	2.44	2.45	2.11	2.14		2.20
Oats	bu.	1.62	1.91	1.89	1.59	1.93		1.89
Wheat	bu.	3.33	3.64	3.52	3.20	4.01		4.09
Barley	bu.	1.92	-	-	2.37	2.78		2.46
Soybeans	bu.	6.76	5.30	5.30	6.65	5.61		5.60
Hay, baled	ton	112.00	128.00	135.00	99.70	109.00		107.00
Potatoes	cwt.	-	-	-	7.63	8.60		8.78
Apples, fresh market 2/	cwt.	-	22.80	-	15.70	27.70		33.60

Milk, wholesale	cwt.	15.40	12.30	12.30	14.80	11.90		11.90
Milk cows 3/	head	1,700.00	-	1,580.00	1,830.00	-		1,680.00
Eggs, table market	doz.	0.350	0.400	0.280	0.329	0.370		0.248
Slaughter cows	cwt.	48.10	45.10	4/	53.80	46.70		47.00
Steers and heifers	cwt.	70.80	69.40	4/	88.20	88.50		90.40
All slaughter cattle	cwt.	49.40	46.70	4/	85.00	84.20		86.10
Calves	cwt.	140.20	169.10	4/	133.00	133.00		136.00
Hogs	cwt.	43.70	42.60	4/	49.80	53.80		49.40
Lambs	cwt.	124.90	115.00	4/	110.00	92.00		4/

Index (1990-92=100)
Prices received					116	117		117
Prices paid					141	147		148
Ratio prices received to prices paid					82	80		79

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.

Commercial Livestock Slaughter, June 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	3.1	2.9	2,937.6	3,159.0	3.8	3.6	3,656.1	3,977.6
Calves	6.5	7.8	58.9	58.7	1.3	1.7	21.8	21.4
Hogs	3.2	4.0	8,553.8	8,342.2	.7	1.0	2,295.4	2,237.8
Sheep and lambs	2.5	2.5	221.7	211.8	.2	.2	30.5	29.1

1/ Slaughter in federal and non-federal inspected plants. Excludes farm slaughter.

JULY MILK PRODUCTION UP SLIGHTLY

New York dairy herds produced 1.04 billion pounds of milk during July. A slight increase in production per cow resulted in the 0.3 percent increase in total milk production compared to July 2005. The number of milk cows averaged 647,000 head, unchanged from July of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,605 pounds, up 5 pounds from the July 2005 rate.

Milk production in the 23 major States during July totaled 13.9 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from July 2005. Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,686 pounds for July, 3 pounds above July 2005. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.26 million head, 107,000 head more than July 2005, but 11,000 head less than June 2006.

Dairy Briefs

Item	Unit	New York			23 Major States
Item	Unit	July 2005	June 2006	July 2006	July 2005	June 2006	July 2006

Milk Production	Mil. lb.	1,035	1,022	1,038	13,715	14,017	13,919
Milk per cow	Lb.	1,600	1,575	1,605	1,683	1,695	1,686
No. of milk cows	Thou. hd.	647	649	647	8,151	8,269	8,258

Dairy Products Manufactured

Item	Unit	New York			United States
Item	Unit	June 2005	May 2006	June 2006	June 2005	May 2006	June 2006

Butter	Thou. lb.	1,402	1,713	1,208	106,559	128,126	100,900
American cheese	Thou. lb.	NA	NA	NA	321,389	346,512	337,472
Mozzarella cheese	Thou. lb.	16,394	16,949	16,388	255,540	267,474	261,760
Yogurt, plain and flavored	Thou. lb.	21,886	22,927	21,892	263,178	267,283	272,495
Ice cream, hard	Thou. gal.	2,929	2,657	3,023	91,190	82,128	88,167

NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UNCHANGED IN JUNE

Egg production on New York farms totaled 98 million in June 2006, unchanged from last year. The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.06 million, was down 6 percent from June 2005, and the rate of lay per 100 layers increased 5 percent to 2,417 eggs per layer.

U.S. egg production totaled 7.38 billion during June 2006, up 1 percent from last year. An indication of future egg supply, egg-type chicks hatched during June 2006 totaled 37.7 million, up 8 percent from June 2005. Eggs in incubators totaled 32.1 million on July 1, 2006 down 10 percent from a year ago.

Poultry Briefs

Item	Unit	June 2005	May 2006	June 2006	June 2005	May 2006	June 2006
		New York			United States
Number of layers	Thou.	4,270	4,028	4,055	339,856	344,718	341,887
Eggs per layer	No.	22.95	24.08	24.17	21.62	22.13	21.59
Eggs produced	Mil.	98	97	98	7,346	7,627	7,383

		North and South Atlantic States			United States

Chicks hatched, egg-type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	35,034	40,320	37,700
Chicks hatched, broiler type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	796,945	810,908	787,791
Chicken eggs in incubators 1/
Egg-type	Thou.	7,827	11,101	10,150	35,526	37,384	32,057
Broiler-type	Thou.	248,744	255,143	254,737	657,302	660,638	650,296
1/ First day of following month. 2/ Data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations

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Crop	Unit	Planted acres		Acres for harvest		Yield per acre		Production
Crop	Unit	2005	2006	2005	2006	2005	2006	2005	2006
		1,000 acres		1,000 acres		Units		1,000 units
New York
Corn for grain	bu.	990	970	460	450	124.0	122.0	57,040	54,900
Wheat, winter	bu.	100	130	95	120	54.0	57.0	5,130	6,840
Oats	bu.	95	105	75	80	54.0	63.0	4,050	5,040
Soybeans	bu.	190	190	188	188	42.0	42.0	7,896	7,896
Beans, dry 1/	lbs.	25	21.5	23	21.5	1,230.0	1,700.0	282	366
Potatoes, fall	cwt.	20.5	20.6	21.7	19.7	300	2/	6,510	2/
Hay, alfalfa	ton	450	510	450	510	2.1	2.4	945	1,224
Hay, other	ton	1,200	1,300	1,200	1,300	1.4	1.65	1,680	2,145
Apples	mil. lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	990	1,050
Grapes	ton	-	-	-	-	-	-	198.0	149.0
Pears	ton	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.5	15.5
Peaches	ton	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.3	6.0

United States
Corn for grain	bu.	81,759	79,366	75,107	72,091	147.9	152.2	11,112,072	10,975,740
Wheat, winter	bu.	40,433	41,393	33,794	31,108	44.4	41.2	1,499,129	1,283,134
Oats	bu.	4,246	4,312	1,823	1,907	63.0	56.3	114,878	107,423
Barley	bu.	3,875	3,496	4,688	4,152	58.9	65.7	276,087	272,824
Soybeans	bu.	72,142	74,930	71,361	73,935	43.3	39.6	3,086,432	2,927,634
Beans, dry 1/	lbs.	1,665.0	1,561.8	1,568.6	1,519.0	1,744	1,534	27,350	23,301
Potatoes, summer	cwt.	53.4	57.8	58.7	55.1	320.0	336.0	18,766	18,487
Potatoes, fall	cwt.	968.6	990.5	1,248.6	1,163.6	367.0	2/	457,814	2/
Hay, alfalfa	ton	22,389	22,407	22,389	22,407	3.38	3.18	75,771	71,202
Hay, other	ton	39,260	40,290	39,260	40,290	1.91	1.77	74,819	71,121
Apples	mil. lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,613.3	9,365.9
Grapes	ton	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,572.7	6,361.4
Pears	ton	-	-	-	-	-	-	928.1	908.0
Peaches	ton	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,185	1,054

1/ Production in 100 lb. bags (cleaned basis). 2/ First forecast released November 12.