E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov (518) 457-5570 NEW YORK CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORT March 2011 Monthly No. 973-3-11 2010 MILK PRODUCTION Final annual milk production in the Empire State during 2010 totaled 12.7 billion pounds. The annual average number of milk cows, at 611,000 head, was down 1 percent from a year earlier. Output per cow increased by 736 pounds to 20,807 pounds per cow. The annual production of milk for the United States during 2010 was 193 billion pounds, 1.8 percent above 2009. Revisions to 2009 production increased the annual total 14 million pounds. Revised 2010 production was up 93 million pounds from last month's publication. Production per cow in the United States averaged 21,149 pounds for 2010, 576 pounds above 2009. The average annual rate of milk production per cow has increased 16.4 percent from 2001. The average number of milk cows on farms in the United States during 2010 was 9.12 million head, down 0.9 percent from 2009. The average number of milk cows was revised up 2,000 head for 2009. California led the U.S. in production with 40.4 billion pounds in 2010, followed by Wisconsin with 26 billion, Idaho with 12.8 billion, New York with 12.7 billion, and Pennsylvania with 10.7 billion. These five states produced 53 percent of the total U.S. milk production for 2010. NEW YORK TROUT SALES INCREASE New York trout producers sold a total of 80,000 pounds of trout valued at $401,000 during the 12 months ending December 31, 2010, according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field office. Total production pounds, including all size categories, was up 11 percent from a year ago while total sales were 4 percent above last year. The 2010 output included 56,000 pounds of trout 12" or longer averaging $4.45 per pound in value, 23,000 pounds of 6" to 12" trout averaging $5.50 per pound, and 1,000 pounds of 1" to 6" trout averaging $626.00 per 1,000 fish. Trout 12" or longer averaged 1.1 pounds in weight, while 6" to 12" trout averaged 0.3 pounds. Total weight of trout 12" or longer sold was up 30 percent from 2009. Total weight of 6" to 12" trout was down 12 percent. Milk Cows and Production, by Months, New York, 2008-2010 Milk Cows on Farms 1/ Milk Production per Cow Total Milk Production Month 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 1,000 Pounds Million pounds January 626 624 610 1,660 1,670 1,700 1,039 1,042 1,037 February 626 623 610 1,590 1,540 1,560 995 959 952 March 626 623 610 1,690 1,700 1,755 1,058 1,059 1,071 April 626 623 610 1,670 1,670 1,755 1,045 1,040 1,071 May 626 623 610 1,770 1,820 1,850 1,108 1,134 1,129 June 626 623 610 1,680 1,700 1,770 1,052 1,059 1,080 July 626 621 611 1,690 1,735 1,790 1,058 1,077 1,094 August 626 618 611 1,690 1,690 1,790 1,058 1,044 1,094 September 626 617 611 1,590 1,620 1,695 995 1,000 1,036 October 625 614 611 1,620 1,640 1,725 1,013 1,007 1,054 November 624 611 611 1,580 1,605 1,680 986 981 1,026 December 625 610 611 1,640 1,675 1,750 1,025 1,022 1,069 ANNUAL 626 619 611 19,859 20,071 20,807 12,432 12,424 12,713 1/ Excludes heifers not yet fresh. HIRED WORKERS UP 1 PERCENT, WAGE RATES UP 2 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO There were 807,000 hired workers on the Nation’s farms and ranches during the week of January 9-15, 2011, up 1 percent from a year ago. Of these hired workers, 602,000 were hired directly by farm operators. Agricultural service employees on farms and ranches made up the remaining 205,000 workers. Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $11.29 per hour during the January 2011 reference week, up 21 cents from a year earlier. Field workers received an average of $10.23 per hour, up 13 cents from last January, while livestock workers earned $10.52 per hour compared with $10.31 a year earlier. The field and livestock worker combined wage rate, at $10.35 per hour, was up 17 cents from last year. Hired Workers on Farms and Wage Rates Northeast I 1/ United States Jan. Oct. Jan. Jan. Oct. Jan. Item 10-16, 10-16, 9-15, 10-16, 10-16, 9-15, 2010 2010 2011 2010 2010 2011 1,000 workers All hired workers 21 39 28 612 827 602 Worked 150 18 27 25 524 589 505 days or more Worked less 3 12 3 88 238 97 than 150 days Hours worked per worker All hired 37.2 44.3 41.1 37.2 41.7 38.9 workers Dollars per hour Field workers 10.30 10.95 10.75 10.10 10.49 10.23 Livestock 10.56 10.10 10.28 10.31 10.28 10.52 workers Field and 10.45 10.65 10.45 10.18 10.43 10.35 livestock workers All hired 11.45 11.17 11.25 11.08 11.13 11.29 workers 1/ New York and New England States (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) are combined into Northeast I region. NEW YORK HONEY PRODUCTION INCREASES Honey production from beekeepers with five or more hives in New York totaled 3.01 million pounds during 2010. This total is up 3 percent from the 2009 production of 2.93 million pounds. The 2010 production was extracted from 47,000 colonies, up from the 45,000 colonies in 2009. Honey yield per colony averaged 64 pounds, 2 percent below the 2009 yield. Honey stocks on hand across the State as of December 15, 2010 totaled 1.17 million pounds, an increase of 25 percent from the 936 thousand pounds a year earlier. Prices received by beekeepers in New York averaged $1.78 per pound for all methods of sale during 2010, 8 percent more than the 2009 average price. Value of honey production for the State in 2010 totaled $5.35 million, compared with $5.65 million in 2009. National honey production in 2010 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 176 million pounds, up 20 percent from 2009. There were 2.68 million colonies producing honey in 2010, up 7 percent from 2009. Yield per colony averaged 65.5 pounds, up 12 percent from the 58.6 pounds in 2009. U.S. honey prices increased to a record high during 2010 to $1.60, up 9 percent from $1.47 in 2009. U.S. and State level prices reflect the portions of honey sold through cooperatives, private channels, and retail. Prices for each color class are derived by weighting the quantities sold for each marketing channel. Prices for the 2009 crop reflect honey sold in 2009 and 2010. Some 2009 crop honey was sold in 2010, which caused some revisions to the 2009 crop prices. HONEY: Production and Value, 2008-2010 1/ New York United States Item Unit 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 Colonies of bees 1,000 53 45 47 2,443 2,498 2,684 Yield per colony Pounds 57 65 64 60.7 58.6 65.5 Honey 1,000 production lb. 3,021 2,925 3,008 148,341 146,416 175,904 Price per pound Dollars 1.38 1.93 1.78 1.08 1.47 1.60 Total value $1,000 4,169 5,645 5,354 159,763 215,671 281,974 Stocks on 1,000 December 15 lb. 1,843 936 1,173 52,635 37,516 45,307 1/ For producers with five or more colonies. 2 FEBRUARY MILK PRICES INCREASED FROM JANUARY Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during February were up from a month earlier. The price of corn, hay, and apples increased also. The price of potatoes decreased. Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales information. Grain corn, at $6.34 per bushel, was 75 cents higher than January and increased $2.56 from last year. Hay averaged $112 per ton, up $3 from January and $7 above prices received last year. Potatoes averaged $13.50 per hundredweight, 20 cents below January but $1.20 higher than February 2010. Apples, at 24.7 cents per pound, were 0.9 cents above January and 4.8 cents higher than last year. Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $18.50 per hundredweight of milk sold during February, up 70 cents from January and $1.70 more than February a year ago. The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in February, at 168 percent, based on 1990-1992=100, increased 4 points (2.4 percent) from January. The Crop Index is up 12 points (6.5 percent) and the Livestock Index increased 4 points (2.9 percent). Producers received higher prices for corn, wheat, lettuce, and milk and lower prices for strawberries, cattle, broilers, and broccoli. In addition to prices, the overall index is also affected by the seasonal change based on a 3-year average mix of commodities producers sell. Increased monthly marketings of milk, cattle, broilers, and hogs offset decreased marketings of corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton. Prices Received by Farmers 1/ New York United States Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Jan. Feb. Commodity Unit 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 Dollars Dollars Corn bu. 4.78 5.59 6.34 3.55 4.94 5.66 Oats bu. - - - 2.30 3.11 3.38 Wheat bu. - - - 4.73 6.71 8.56 Barley bu. - - - 4.53 3.85 4.36 Soybeans bu. - - - 9.41 11.60 12.10 Hay, baled ton 105.00 109.00 112.00 104.00 112.00 116.00 Potatoes cwt. 12.30 13.70 13.50 7.34 9.08 9.33 Apples, fresh market 2/ cwt. 19.90 23.80 24.70 28.90 29.70 28.50 Milk, wholesale cwt. 16.80 17.80 18.50 15.90 16.70 18.40 Milk cows 3/ head - 1,300.00 - - 1,300.00 - Eggs, table market doz. - - - 0.917 0.850 0.954 Slaughter cows cwt. 49.80 56.70 4/ 51.70 65.00 71.20 Steers and heifers cwt. 74.80 78.00 4/ 90.50 110.00 109.00 All slaughter cattle cwt. 52.70 59.30 4/ 85.70 107.00 106.00 Calves cwt. 48.70 53.20 4/ 113.00 136.00 136.00 Hogs cwt. 34.30 50.60 4/ 48.90 55.80 61.50 Lambs cwt. 153.00 171.00 4/ 106.00 149.00 4/ Index (1990-92=100) Prices received 135 164 168 Prices paid 180 194 197 Ratio prices received to prices paid 75 85 85 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/ Number Slaughtered Total Live Weight Species New York United States New York United States 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 1,000 head 1,000 head Million pounds Million pounds Cattle 2.7 2.6 2,707.2 2,735.2 3.2 3.1 3,480.6 3,544.9 Calves 13.4 9.7 82.8 71.8 1.3 .9 19.5 18.3 Hogs 1.7 2.1 8,909.7 9,103.7 .3 .4 2,417.8 2,529.7 Sheep and lambs 2.3 2.4 186.6 161.1 .2 .2 25.7 22.3 1/ Slaughter in federal and non-federal inspected plants. Excludes farm slaughter. 3 FEBRUARY MILK PRODUCTION UP New York dairy herds produced 988 million pounds of milk during February. Milk cows were unchanged but production per cow was up from the previous year resulting in a 3.8 percent increase in milk production compared to February 2010. The number of milk cows averaged 610,000 head, unchanged from February of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,620 pounds, up 60 pounds from the February 2010 rate. Milk production in the 23 major States during February totaled 14.0 billion pounds, up 2.4 percent from February 2010. January revised production at 15.2 billion pounds, was up 2.5 percent from January 2010. The January revision represented a decrease of 21 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,666 pounds for February, 24 pounds above February 2010. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.40 million head, 81,000 head more than February 2010, but no change from January 2011. Dairy Briefs New York 23 Major States Item Unit Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Jan. Feb. 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 Milk Production Mil. lb. 952 1,083 988 13,670 15,213 14,001 Milk per cow Lb. 1,560 1,775 1,620 1,642 1,810 1,666 No. of milk cows Thou. hd. 610 610 610 8,323 8,404 8,404 Dairy Products Manufactured New York United States Item Unit Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan. 2010 2010 2011 2010 2010 2011 Butter Thou. lb. N/A N/A N/A 162,067 158,051 166,518 American cheese Thou. lb. N/A N/A N/A 347,563 371,137 362,735 Mozzarella cheese Thou. lb. 16,358 17,006 16,313 285,020 308,715 306,234 Yogurt, plain and flavored Thou. lb. N/A N/A N/A 339,217 341,832 359,232 Ice cream, hard Thou. gal. N/A N/A N/A 55,429 52,298 55,811 NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 8 PERCENTIN JANUARY Egg production on New York farms totaled 106 million eggs in January, up 8 percent from last year. The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.29 million, increased 9 percent from January 2010 and the rate of lay was 2,471 eggs per 100 layers, down 1 percent from last year. U.S. egg production totaled 7.83 billion during January 2011, up 1 percent from last year. Production included 6.75 billion table eggs, and 1.08 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.01 billion were broiler-type and 70 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during January 2011 averaged 342 million, up slightly from last year. January egg production per 100 layers was 2,289 eggs, up 1 percent from January 2010. Poultry Briefs Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan. Item Unit 2010 2010 2011 2010 2010 2011 New York United States Number of layers Thou. 3,941 4,335 4,290 340,596 342,661 342,017 Eggs per layer No. 2,487 2,514 2,471 2,268 2,311 2,289 Eggs produced Mil. 98 109 106 7,724 7,920 7,828 North and South Atlantic United States States Chicks hatched, egg-type Thou. 2/ 2/ 2/ 38,794 37,845 41,366 Chicks hatched, broiler type Thou. 2/ 2/ 2/ 775,615 785,649 781,123 Chicken eggs in incubators 1/ Egg-type Thou. 9,821 10,333 9,554 39,338 38,693 39,701 Broiler-type Thou. 242,024 249,873 249,505 627,840 635,068 634,192 1/ First day of following month. 2/ Data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. This report, in addition to many others, is available free of charge at our website at www.nass.usda.gov/ny/ The USDA, NASS New York Field Office thanks the agricultural businesses and farm operators who respond to our surveys. This complimentary report is being sent to those asking for the survey results during the survey interview.