USDA-NASS-NY Crop & Livestock Report Feb 08

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NEW YORK CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORT
February 2008

Released: February 2008
Monthly
No. 973-2-08

NEW YORK CATTLE INVENTORY INCREASES

New York cattle and calves totaled 1.45 million on January 1, 2008. All cattle and calves were 2 percent above the January 1 total of the previous year.

Milk cows, which comprise 43 percent of the total cattle in New York, numbered 626,000 head, down slightly from January of the previous year. New York remained third in the US in number of dairy cows behind California with 1.84 million and Wisconsin with 1.25 million. Milk cow replacement heifers were up 3 percent from a year earlier.

Beef cows totaled 104,000 head, down 7 percent from a year ago. Beef cow replacement heifers totaled 34,000 head, down 2,000 head from a year earlier. Other heifers and steers weighing 500 pounds or more, which are normally on feed for slaughter, were up 19 percent to 99,000 head. Bulls weighing 500 pounds or more were up 6 percent at 17,000 head. The 2007 New York calf crop totaled 500,000 head, down 9 percent from 2006.

NEW YORK SHEEP AND GOAT INVENTORIES

New York sheep and lambs totaled 67,000 head on January 1, 2008. Down 9 percent from the 74,000 head of the previous year. A total of 45,000 lambs were born in New York during 2007, 6,000 head below the 2006 total. Breeding ewes one year old and older in 2007 totaled 43,000 head, yielding a lambing rate of 105 per 100 ewes, which is 15 percent below the rate of 2006.

New York total goat inventory increased on January 1, 2008. Milk goats totaled 13,000 head for January 1, 2008, an 8 percent increase from the pervious year. Meat goats totaled 20,500 head for 2008, 1,700 head above the 2007 total. Milk goats totaled 13,000 head for January 1, 2008, an 8 percent increase from the pervious year. Meat goats totaled 20,500 head for 2008, 1,700 head above the 2007 total.

Cattle and Sheep on Farms, January 1

	Unit	New York			United States^1/
	Unit	2006	2007	2008	2006	2007	2008
		1,000			Million

All cattle and calves	No.	1,400	1,420	1,450	97.1	97.0	96.7
Cows and heifers that have calved	“	730	740	730	42.1	42.0	41.8
Kept for milk	“	652	628	626	9.1	9.1	9.2
Kept for beef	“	78	112	104	33.3	32.8	32.6
Heifers 500 lbs. and over
For milk replacement	“	325	335	345	4.3	4.3	4.5
For beef replacement	“	25	36	34	5.9	5.9	5.7
Other heifers	“	40	49	56	9.8	9.9	9.9
Bulls 500 lbs. and over	“	17	16	17	2.3	2.2	2.2
Steers 500 lbs. and over	“	28	34	43	16.9	17.2	17.3
Calves less than 500 lbs.	“	235	210	225	15.5	15.5	15.4
Cattle and calves on feed	“	18	20	30	14.1	14.3	14.3

All sheep and lambs	“	70	74	67	6.2	6.2	6.1
All breeding sheep	“	54	56	51	4.6	4.6	4.5
Ewes 1 year and older	“	41	43	40	3.7	3.7	3.6
Rams 1 year and older	“	3	4	3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Replacement lambs	“	10	9	8	0.8	0.7	0.7
Market sheep and lambs	“	16	18	16	1.6	1.6	1.6

Goats	“	33,800	31,800	2/	2.8	2.9	3.0
Goats for meat	“	20,000	18,800	20,500	2.3	2.4	2.5
Goats for milk	“	12,800	12,000	13,000	0.3	0.3	0.3
Angora-type goats	“	1,000	1,000	2/	0.3	0.2	0.2

1/ U.S. totals may not add due to rounding.
2/ Not published.

FIELD CROPS: Acreage, yield, production, season average price and value,
New York, 2005-2007

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
2005	990	460	124.0	Bushels	57,040	2.29	130,622
2006	950	480	129.0	Bushels	61,920	3.42	211,766
2007	1,050	550	127.0	Bushels	69,850	4.30	300,355

CORN FOR SILAGE
2005	-	520	17.0	Tons	8,840	25.70	227,188
2006	-	460	18.0	Tons	8,280	27.50	227,700
2007	-	495	17.0	Tons	8,415	31.60	265,914

ALL WHEAT
2005	100	95	54.0	Bushels	5,130	3.34	17,134
2006	105	95	61.0	Bushels	5,795	4.03	23,354
2007	100	85	52.0	Bushels	4,420	6.75	29,835

OATS
2005	95	75	54.0	Bushels	4,050	1.64	6,642
2006	85	67	74.0	Bushels	4,958	1.67	8,280
2007	100	60	57.0	Bushels	3,420	2.30	7,866

BARLEY
2005	17	15	49.0	Bushels	735	1.80	1,323
2006	17	12	55.0	Bushels	660	1.79	1,181
2007	13	11	46.0	Bushels	506	2.75	1,392

POTATOES
2005	20.5	20.1	260	Cwt.	5,226	12.20	63,757
2006	20.6	19.0	300	Cwt.	5,700	12.00	68,400
2007	19.0	18.3	285	Cwt.	5,216	12.10	63,114

DRY BEANS ²^/
2005	25	23.0	1,230	Cwt.	282	21.40	6,035
2006	19	18.0	1,330	Cwt.	239	25.90	6,190
2007	17	16.5	1,360	Cwt.	224	38.20	8,557

SOYBEANS
2005	190	188	42.0	Bushels	7,896	5.20	41,059
2006	200	198	46.0	Bushels	9,108	6.19	56,379
2007	205	203	38.0	Bushels	7,714	9.75	75,212

ALL HAY
2005	-	1,650	1.59	Tons	2,625	110.00	284,235
2006	-	1,520	1.84	Tons	2,790	113.00	316,755
2007	-	1,360	1.99	Tons	2,700	118.00	322,128

ALFALFA HAY
2005	-	450	2.10	Tons	945	131.00	123,795
2006	-	370	2.10	Tons	777	146.00	113,442
2007	-	420	2.40	Tons	1,008	145.00	146,160

ALL OTHER HAY
2005	-	1,200	1.40	Tons	1,680	95.00	159,600
2006	-	1,150	1.75	Tons	2,013	101.00	203,313
2007	-	940	1.80	Tons	1,692	104.00	175,968

1/ Preliminary 2007 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 DECREASE FROM DECEMBER

Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during January decreased from a month earlier, according to Steve Ropel, Director of USDA=s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Office. The price of apples, eggs, and hay also decreased. The price of corn, soybeans, wheat, and potatoes increased. Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales information

Grain corn, at $4.59 per bushel, was up 37 cents from December and increased $1.10 from last year. Hay averaged $113.00 per ton, down $3.00 from December and $11.00 less than January 2007. Soybeans, at $11.44 per bushel, were up $1.08 from December and $5.80 over last year. Wheat averaged $9.02 per bushel, up $2.11 from last month and $4.32 more than last year. Potatoes, at $12.10 per hundredweight, increased 10 cents from last month and increased $1.30 from January 2007. Fresh Apples at the packing house door were 32 cents per pound, 2 cents more than last year at this time.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $21.60 per hundredweight of milk sold during January, 70 cents less than December but $6.80 more than January a year ago. Poultry producers received an average of $1.28 per dozen eggs sold, down 1 cent from December but 46 cents higher than last year.

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in January, at 150 percent, based on 1990-92=100, increased 6 points (4.2 percent) from December. The Crop Index is up 16 points (11 percent) but the Livestock Index decreased 4 points (2.9 percent). The All Farm Index and All Crop Index are at record highs. Producers received higher commodity prices for corn, soybeans, broilers, and wheat. Lower prices were received for milk, tomatoes, hogs, and turkeys. 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 corn, soybeans, cattle, and strawberries offset decreased marketings of grapes, milk, broilers, and cottonseed. The information in this release is available by free email subscription by subscribing to New York reports at www.nass.usda.gov/ny.

Prices Received by Farmers 1/

Commodity	Unit	New York			United States
Commodity	Unit	Jan 2007	Dec 2007	Jan 2008	Jan 2007	Dec 2007	Jan 2008
		Dollars			Dollars

Corn	bu.	3.46	3.68	4.59	3.05	3.76	4.28
Oats	bu.	1.84	-	-	2.20	2.69	2.71
Wheat	bu.	4.70	9.57	9.02	4.53	7.74	8.55
Barley	bu.	-	-	-	3.03	4.51	4.92
Soybeans	bu.	6.17	9.30	11.44	6.37	10.00	11.00
Hay, baled	ton	124.00	116.00	113.00	109.00	133.00	129.00
Potatoes	cwt.	10.80	12.00	12.10	7.06	7.09	7.11
Apples, fresh market 2/	cwt.	29.70	34.00	32.30	29.90	34.80	25.60

Milk, wholesale	cwt.	14.80	22.30	21.60	14.50	21.50	20.70
Milk cows 3/	head	1,540	-	1,800	1,660	-	1,960
Eggs, table market	doz.	0.810	1.290	1,280	0.788	1.280	1.200
Slaughter cows	cwt.	43.70	42.90	4/	44.40	44.90	46.20
Steers and heifers	cwt.	67.60	76.80	4/	89.80	95.10	95.20
All slaughter cattle	cwt.	45.20	46.20	4/	84.30	88.90	89.40
Calves	cwt.	87.00	92.20	4/	115.00	118.00	116.00
Hogs	cwt.	43.00	31.70	4/	42.70	39.60	36.50
Lambs	cwt.	98.90	96.00	4/	96.50	98.50	4/

Index (1990-92=100)
Prices received					123	144	150
Prices paid					155	165	168
Ratio prices received to prices paid					79	87	89

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	2.4	2.0	2,612.5	2,645.3	2,617	2,401	3,385,204	3,430,848
Calves	13.2	14.0	68.4	61.0	1,892	1,489	21,944	17,391
Hogs	2.7	2.6	8,882.8	9,691.3	460	425	2,402,254	2,633,077
Sheep and lambs	5.0	5.0	226.9	229.1	397	395	30,762	30,826

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

JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION UP

New York dairy herds produced 1.03 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 increase in milk production compared to January 2007. The number of milk cows averaged 626 thousand head, down 2 thousand head from January of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1650 pounds, up 40 pounds from the January 2007 rate.

Milk production in the 23 major States during January totaled 14.6 billion pounds, up 2.4 percent from January 2007. December production, unrevised at 14.4 billion pounds, was up 2.8 percent from December 2006. Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,743 pounds for January, 17 pounds above January 2007. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.40 million head, 120,000 head more than January 2007, and 15,000 head more than December 2007.

Dairy Briefs

Item	Unit	New York			23 Major States
Item	Unit	Jan 2007	Dec 2007	Jan. 2008	Jan 2007	Dec 2007	Jan. 2008

Milk Production	Mil. lb.	1,011	1,014	1,033	14,302	14,414	14,648
Milk per cow	Lb.	1,610	1,620	1,650	1,726	1,718	1,743
No. of milk cows	Thou. hd.	628	626	626	8,284	8,389	8,404

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.	1,480	1,067	1,754	137,593	130,193	141,123
American cheese	Thou. lb.	N/A	N/A	N/A	338,204	323,611	333,818
Mozzarella cheese	Thou. lb.	15,941	16,174	17,710	281,033	272,775	286,718
Yogurt, plain and flavored	Thou. lb.	17,763	16,266	15,069	253,680	263,988	273,429
Ice cream, hard	Thou. gal.	1,613	1,929	2,150	51,144	56,320	52,305

NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 3 PERCENT IN DECEMBER

Egg production on New York farms totaled 105 million eggs in December 2007, down 3 percent from last year. The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.23 million, decreased 3 percent from December 2006 and the rate of lay decreased slightly to 2,484 eggs per 100 layers.

U.S. egg production totaled 7.76 billion during December 2007, down slightly from last year. Production included 6.63 billion table eggs, and 1.13 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.06 billion were broiler-type and 67 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during December 2007 averaged 344 million, down 1 percent from last year. December egg production per 100 layers was 2,256 eggs, up 1 percent from December 2006.

Poultry Briefs

Item	Unit	Dec 2006	Nov 2007	Dec 2007	Dec 2006	Nov 2007	Dec 2007
		New York			United States

Number of layers	Thou.	4,344	4,295	4,227	347,428	343,140	344,997
Eggs per layer	No.	24.86	23.98	24.84	22.34	21.92	22.56
Eggs produced	Mil.	108	103	105	7,777	7,513	7,763

		North and South Atlantic States			United States

Chicks hatched, egg-type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	33,183	33,986	35,543
Chicks hatched, broiler type	Thou.	2/	2/	2/	796,523	761,402	823,327
Chicken eggs in incubators 1/
Egg-type	Thou.	9,939	10,020	10,153	34,383	35,915	39,828
Broiler-type	Thou.	255,866	263,193	266,097	652,507	677,085	677,028

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

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