New York Crop & Livestock Report Feb 2007

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NEW YORK CROP
AND LIVESTOCK REPORT

Released: February 2007

Monthly

No. 973-2-07

NEW YORK CATTLE INVENTORY INCREASES

New York cattle and calves totaled 1.42 million on January 1, 2007. All cattle and calves were 1 percent above the January 1 total of the previous year.

Milk cows, which comprise 44 percent of the total cattle in New York, numbered 628,000 head, down 4 percent below January of the previous year. New York remained third in the US in number of dairy cows behind California with 1.79 million and Wisconsin with 1.25 million. Milk cow replacement heifers were up 3 percent from a year earlier.

Beef cows totaled 112,000 head, up 44 percent from a year ago. Beef cow replacement heifers totaled 36,000 head, up 11,000 head from a year earlier. Other heifers and steers weighing 500 pounds or more, which are normally on feed for slaughter, were up 18 percent to 83,000 head. Bulls 500 pounds or more were down 6 percent at 16,000 head. The 2006 New York calf crop totaled 210,000 head, down 11 percent from 2005.

NEW YORK SHEEP AND GOAT INVENTORIES

New York sheep and lambs totaled 74,000 head on January 1, 2007, up 5 percent from the 70,000 head of the previous year. A total of 51,000 lambs were born in New York during 2006, unchanged from 2005. Breeding ewes one year old and older in 2006 totaled 41,000 head, yielding a lambing rate of 124 per 100 ewes, which is 4 percent above the rate of 2005.

New York total goat inventory totaled 31,800 head on January 1, 2007. Total goat inventory was down 6 percent from a year earlier. Angora goats totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from 2006. Milk goats totaled 12,000 head for January 1, 2007, a 6 percent decrease from the pervious year. Meat goats totaled 18,800 head for 2007, 1,200 head below the 2006 total.

Cattle and Sheep on Farms and Value, January 1 1/

	Unit	New York			United States 2/
	Unit	2005	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
		1,000			Million

All cattle and calves	No.	1,410	1,400	1,420	95.4	97.1	97.0
Cows and heifers that have calved		730	730	740	41.9	42.1	42.0
Kept for milk	No.	650	652	628	9.0	9.1	9.1
Kept for beef	“	80	78	112	32.9	33.3	33.4
Heifers 500 lbs. and over
For milk replacement	“	305	325	335	4.1	4.3	4.3
For beef replacement	“	27	25	36	5.7	5.9	5.9
Other heifers	“	48	40	49	9.8	9.8	9.9
Bulls 500 lbs. and over	“	16	17	16	2.2	2.3	2.2
Steers 500 lbs. and over	“	34	28	34	16.5	16.9	17.2
Calves less than 500 lbs.	“	250	235	210	15.2	15.5	15.5
Cattle and calves on feed	“	23	18	20	13.7	14.1	14.3

All sheep and lambs	“	75	70	74	6.1	6.2	6.2
All breeding sheep	“	58	54	56	4.5	4.6	4.6
Ewes 1 year and older	“	43	41	43	3.6	3.7	0.2
Rams 1 year and older	“	3	3	4	0.2	0.2	0.7
Replacement lambs	“	12	10	9	0.8	0.8	1.6
Market sheep and lambs	“	17	16	18	1.6	1.6

Goats	No.	32,000	33,800	31,800	2.7	2.8	2.9
Goats for meat	“	19,000	20,000	18,800	2.2	2.3	2.4
Goats for milk	“	13,000	12,800	12,000	0.3	0.3	0.3
Angora-type goats	“	900	1,000	1,000	0.3	0.3	0.2
1/ U.S. totals may not add due to rounding.

FIELD CROPS: Acreage, yield, production, season average price and value,
New York, 2004-2006

Year	Acres		Yield per acre	Unit	Production	Mkt. year wtd. average price 1/	Value of production
Year	Planted	Harvested	Yield per acre	Unit	Production	Mkt. year wtd. average price 1/	Value of production
	Thousands				Thousands		Thousands
CORN FOR GRAIN
2004	980	500	122.0	Bushels	61,000	2.37	144,570
2005	990	460	1,240	Bushels	57,040	2.29	130,622
2006	950	480	129.0	Bushels	61,920	3.30	204,336

CORN FOR SILAGE
2004	-	470	17.0	Tons	7,990	26.00	207,740
2005	-	520	17.0	Tons	8,840	25.70	227,188
2006	-	460	18.0	Tons	8,280	27.50	227,700

ALL WHEAT
2004	105	100	53.0	Bushels	5,300	2.80	14,840
2005	100	95	54.0	Bushels	5,130	3.34	17,134
2006	105	95	61.0	Bushels	5,795	3.45	19,993

OATS
2004	65	50	65.0	Bushels	3,250	1.80	5,850
2005	95	75	54.0	Bushels	4,050	1.64	6,642
2006	85	67	74.0	Bushels	4,958	1.60	7,933

BARLEY
2004	14	10	53.0	Bushels	530	2.05	1,087
2005	17	15	49.0	Bushels	735	1.80	1,323
2006	17	12	55.0	Bushels	660	1.95	1,287

RYE
2004	30	9	43.0	Bushels	387	2.00	774
2005	30	10	20.0	Bushels	300	2.00	600
2006						2.00	580

POTATOES
2004	20.0	19.2	270	Cwt.	5,184	8.05	42,768
2005	20.5	20.1	260	Cwt.	5,226	12.20	63,757
2006	20.6	19.0	300	Cwt.	5,700	12.40	70,680

DRY BEANS 2/
2004	24	23.5	1,050	Cwt.	247	27.90	6,891
2005	25	23.0	1,230	Cwt.	282	21.40	6,035
2006	19	18.0	1,330	Cwt.	239	25.00	5,975

SOYBEANS
2004	175	172	39.0	Bushels	6,708	5.40	36,223
2005	190	188	42.0	Bushels	7,896	5.20	41,059
2006	200	198	46.0	Bushels	9,108	5.45	49,639

ALL HAY
2004	-	1,270	2.30	Tons	2,916	115.00	326,924
2005	-	1,650	1.59	Tons	2,625	110.00	284,235
2006	-	1,520	1.84	Tons	2,790	125.00	313,965

ALFALFA HAY
2004	-	470	2.80	Tons	1,316	139.00	182,924
2005	-	450	2.10	Tons	945	131.00	123,795
2006	-	370	2.10	Tons	777	145.00	112,665

ALL OTHER HAY
2004	-	800	2.00	Tons	1,600	89.00	142,400
2005	-	1,200	1.40	Tons	1,680	95.50	160,440
2006	-	1,150	1.75	Tons	2,013	100.00	201,300

1/ Preliminary 2005 marketing year average price estimates are based on prices through November with an allowance for projected prices for the remainder of the marketing year. 2/ Yield in pounds per acre. Production is in thousands of cwt.

JANUARY MILK PRICES INCREASED FROM DECEMBER

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

Grain corn, at $3.46 per bushel, increased 50 cents from December and $1.42 from last year. Wheat price was $4.70, 36 cents above last month and $1.50 above last year. Hay averaged $124.00 per ton, $2.00 less than December but $3.00 more than January 2006. Potatoes, at $10.80 per hundredweight, decreased $1.10 from December and $2.00 from January last year. Fresh market apple prices at the packinghouse door averaged 29.70 cents per pound this month, 1 cent more than last month and 2.90 cents more than last year.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $14.80 per hundredweight of milk sold during January, 30 cents more than December and 10 cents more than January a year ago. Poultry producers received an average of 81 cents per dozen eggs sold, up 9 cents from December and 40 cents more than last year.

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in January, at 124 percent, based on 1990-92=100, increased 3 points (2.5 percent) from December. The Crop Index is up 4 points (3.1 percent) and the Livestock Index increased 3 points (2.7 percent). Producers received higher commodity prices for corn, oranges, broilers, and eggs. Lower prices were received for cattle, tomatoes, calves, and grapefruit. The overall index is also affected by the seasonal change based on a 3-year average mix of commodities producers sell. Increased average marketings of broilers, cotton, soybeans, and rice offset decreased marketings of oranges, tobacco, eggs, and cattle.

Prices Received by Farmers 1/

Commodity	New York			United States
Commodity	Jan 2006	Dec 2006	Jan 2007	Jan 2006	Dec 2006	Jan 2007
	Dollars			Dollars

Corn	2.13	2.96	3.46	2.00	3.01	3.23
Oats	1.80	1.73	1.84	1.73	1.97	2.12
Wheat	3.53	4.34	4.70	3.52	4.51	4.50
Barley	-	-	-	2.42	2.95	3.13
Hay, baled	121.00	126.00	124.00	93.10	108.00	112.00
Potatoes	12.80	11.90	10.80	7.07	6.90	6.98
Apples, fresh market 2/	26.80	28.70	29.70	21.70	26.10	28.70

Milk, wholesale	14.70	14.50	14.80	14.50	14.10	14.40
Milk cows 3/	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eggs, table market	.510	.720	.810	.547	.674	.815
Slaughter cows	44.65	40.68	4/	47.30	42.20	43.80
Steers and heifers	70.58	63.90	4/	102.00	89.30	90.30
All slaughter cattle	46.49	42.22	4/	95.10	83.60	85.00
Calves	170.44	89.44	4/	141.00	115.00	115.00
Hogs	44.10	30.47	4/	40.70	43.50	41.40
Lambs	117.47	95.39	4/	96.10	93.20	4/

Index (1990-92=100)
Prices received				113	121	124
Prices paid				148	150	152
Ratio prices received to prices paid				76	81	82

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, January 1/

Species	Number Slaughtered				Total Live Weight
	New York		United States		New York		United States
	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007
	1,000 head		1,000 head		1,000 pounds		1,000 pounds

Cattle	2.8	2.4	2,667.1	2,609.1	3,164	2,755	3,415,148	3,382,844
Calves	10.6	13.2	60.0	68.1	2,280	2,605	22,259	23,557
Hogs	2.9	2.7	9,234.5	8,883.1	638	703	2,510,536	2,418,256
Sheep and lambs	3.5	4.8	230.8	223.7	305	399	32,899	30,456

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

JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION DOWN

New York dairy herds produced 1.01 billion pounds of milk during January. Milk cows declined from the previous year while milk per cow increased from the previous year resulting in a 2 percent decline in milk production compared to January 2006. The number of milk cows averaged 628 thousand head, down 19 thousand head from January of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1610 pounds, up 15 pounds from the January 2006 rate.

Milk production in the 23 major States during January totaled 14.2 billion pounds, up 1.4 percent from January 2006. Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,719 pounds for January, 8 pounds above January 2006. The number of cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.28 million head, 81,000 head more than January 2006, and 3,000 head more than December 2006.

Dairy Briefs

Item	Unit	New York			23 Major States
Item	Unit	Jan 2006	Dec 2006	Jan 2007	Jan 2006	Dec 2006	Jan 2007

Milk Production	Mil. lb.	1,032	992	1,011	14,027	13,983	14,228
Milk per cow	Lb.	1,595	1,580	1,610	1,711	1,690	1,719
No. of milk cows	Thou. hd.	647	628	628	8,198	8,276	8,279

Dairy Products Manufactured

Item	Unit	New York			United States
Item	Unit	Dec 2006	Nov 2005	Dec 2006	Dec. 2005	Nov. 2006	Dec 2006

Butter	Thou. lb.	1,633	1,065	1,474	125,953	117,560	137,884
American cheese	Thou. lb.	N/A	N/A	N/A	330,135	314,945	340,032
Mozzarella cheese	Thou. lb.	15,224	14,110	15,941	267,803	257,433	279,616
Yogurt, plain and flavored	Thou. lb.	16,418	18,110	17,742	225,908	230,109	246,508
Ice cream, hard	Thou. gal.	1,305	1,748	1,656	54,854	56,749	49,396

NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 1 PERCENT IN DECEMBER

Egg production on New York farms totaled 102 million eggs in December 2006, down 1 percent from last year. The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.07 million, decreased 2 percent from December 2005, but the rate of lay increased 1 percent to 25.04 eggs per layer.

U.S. egg production totaled 7.78 billion during December 2006, down slightly from last year. Production included 6.68 billion table eggs, and 1.09 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.03 billion were broiler-type and 66 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during December 2006 averaged 348 million, down slightly from last year. December egg production per 100 layers was 2,234 eggs, down slightly from December 2005.

Poultry Briefs

Item	Unit	Dec 2005	Nov 2006	Dec 2006	Dec 2005	Nov 2006	Dec 2006
		New York			United States

Number of layers	Thou.	4,167	4,144	4,073	345,618	345,696	348,545
Eggs per layer	No.	24.72	22.17	25.04	22.35	21.76	22.34
Eggs produced	Mil.

		North and South Atlantic States			United States

Chicks hatched, egg-type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	35,917	31,748	33,430
Chicks hatched, broiler type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	808,525	729,460	795,445
Chicken eggs in incubators 1/
Egg-type	Thou.	10,535	9,196	9,939	35,547	34,240	34,383
Broiler-type	Thou.	253,837	255,868	255,866	660,613	652,019	652,471

1/ First day of following month. 2/ Data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.

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