NEW YORK CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORT June 2011 Monthly No. 973-6-11 NEW YORK WINTER WHEAT CROP DOWN 6 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Production of winter wheat in New York is forecast at 6.30 million bushels, down 420,000 bushels from May 1, and 6 percent below last year. Area for grain harvest is unchanged from May 1 at 105,000 acres. Yields are expected to average 60 bushels per acre, down 4 bushels from the May 1 forecast and down 7 bushels from last year. Crop Report Summary, June 1, 2011, with Comparisons Crop Unit New York United States 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 1,000 Production Winter bu. 6,825 6,700 6,300 1,524,608 1,485,236 1,450,115 wheat NEW YORK MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION UP 81 PERCENT New York maple syrup 2011 production increased 81 percent from last year’s production. Syrup production is estimated at 564,000 gallons, up from the 312,000 gallons produced in 2010. Production was the highest it has been since 1947. Only Vermont produced more syrup than New York. The number of taps, 2.01 million, increased 6 percent from last year, which is the largest number of taps since 1950. Syrup produced per tap averaged 0.280 gallons, up from 0.164 gallons in 2010. The final value of the 2010 crop is $12.3 million, 31 percent below the previous year’s value of production. The average price was $39.40 per gallon equivalent for all sales. The overwhelming majority of maple producers reported a favorable season, although there was some variability by region. In general, temperatures started out favorable for sap flow, followed by a cold spell, and then returned to favorable conditions once more. The abundance of below-freezing nights and above-freezing days resulted in a very long season. Producers tapping early took advantage of a few earlier than normal runs. Also, producers using a vacuum system fared better than those on gravity tubing or buckets. Medium syrup accounted for 59 percent of production, with 20 percent dark and 21 percent light. The 2011 United States maple syrup production totaled 2.79 million gallons, up 43 percent from the revised 2010 total. The number of taps is estimated at 9.58 million, 3 percent above the 2010 revised total of 9.26 million. Yield per tap is estimated to be 0.292 gallons, up 38 percent from the previous season’s revised yield. MAPLE SYRUP: Production, Price, and Value by State and United States 1/ Average price State Production per gallon Value of production 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2009 2010 1,000 gallons Dollars 1,000 dollars CT 13 9 17 64.00 70.00 832 630 ME 395 315 360 32.90 33.50 12,996 10,553 MA 46 29 62 53.60 56.50 2,466 1,639 MI 115 82 123 45.00 45.00 5,175 3,690 NH 94 87 120 53.50 55.40 5,029 4,820 NY 439 312 564 40.60 39.40 17,823 12,293 OH 90 65 125 40.30 42.70 3,627 2,776 PA 92 54 128 38.10 42.00 3,505 2,268 VT 920 890 1,140 35.10 34.00 32,292 30,260 WI 200 117 155 36.70 39.50 7,340 4,622 U.S. 2,404 1,960 2,794 37.90 37.50 91,085 73,551 1/ Prices and value for 2009 are revised. Price and value for 2011 available June 2012. 2010 NEW YORK CHEESE PRODUCTION INCREASES Total cheese production in New York, excluding cottage cheese, totaled 743 million pounds in 2010 according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field office. This is a 1.9 percent increase from the previous year. Italian cheese, which accounted for 51 percent of New York’s total cheese output, at 367 million pounds, was down 3.6 percent. Total cottage cheese production at 303 million pounds was down 2 percent from 2009. Total U.S. cheese production, excluding cottage cheeses, was 10.4 billion pounds, 3.6 percent above 2009 production Italian varieties, with 4.42 billion pounds were 5.8 percent above 2009 production and accounted for 42.4 percent of total cheese in 2010. American type cheese production was 4.28 billion pounds, 1.7 percent above 2009 and accounted for 41.0 percent of total cheese in 2010. Manufactured Dairy Products, New York and United States, 2009-2010 Manufactured Products New York United States 2009 2010 2009 2010 1,000 lbs. 1,000 lbs. BUTTER AND CHEESE Butter 3/ 3/ 1,572,488 1,564,014 Cheese, Total 1/ 728,364 742,554 10,074,199 10,435,941 Cheese, American Types2/ 3/ 3/ 4,202,536 4,275,318 Cheese,Chedder 3/ 3/ 3,205,210 3,233,384 Cheese,Total Italian 380,707 367,032 4,180,602 4,423,775 Cheese,Mozzarella 199,162 193,873 3,267,524 3,488,484 Cream & Neufchatel Cheese 3/ 3/ 766,947 744,864 Cottage Cheese, Curd, 113,403 112,820 432,260 428,874 Cottage Cheese, Creamed 73,182 72,027 342,397 331,186 Cottage Cheese, Lowfat 120,938 117,861 388,977 389,027 OTHER MILK PRODUCTS Canned Evaporated & 526,317 502,665 Condensed Whole Milk Condensed Milk,Unsweetened 3/ 3/ Whole Milk 119,260 89,125 Skim Milk 3/ 3/ 1,478,458 1,577,612 Non-Fat Dry Milk-Human Food 3/ 3/ 1,511,522 1,562,5 18 Dry Whey - Total 3/ 3/ 1,001,160 1,013,013 Yogurt - Plain & Flavored 251,604 3/ 3,838,593 4,180,870 and Flavored 1,000 gallons 1,000 gallons FROZEN PRODUCTS Ice Cream,Standard 30,688 3/ 918,238 912,369 Ice Cream, Lowfat 6,321 3/ 399,667 380,030 Milk Sherbet 2,618 3/ 53,277 49,272 Other Frozen Dairy Products 3/ 3/ 15,255 12,254 Water Ices 3,052 3/ 60,130 61,228 1/ Excludes cottage cheese. Total includes some types not shown. 2/ Includes cheddar, colby, washed curd, stirred curd, Monterey and Jack. 3/ Figures not shown when less than three plants reported or individual plant operations might be disclosed. Hired Workers on Farms and Wage Rates Northeast I 1/ United States Apr. Jan. Apr. Apr. Jan. Apr. Item 11-17, 9-15, 10-16 11-17, 9-15, 10-16, 2010 2011 2011 2/ 2010 2011 2011 2/ 1,000 workers All hired 36 28 - 737 602 - workers Worked 150 29 25 - 585 505 - days or more Worked 7 3 - 152 97 - less than 150 days Hours Worked per worker All hired 40.4 41.1 - 39.8 38.9 - workers Dollars per hour Field workers 10.43 10.75 - 10.04 10.23 - Livestock 9.89 10.28 - 10.30 10.52 - workers Field and 10.25 10.45 - 10.12 10.35 - livestock workers All hired workers 10.87 11.25 - 10.82 11.29 - 1/ New York and New England States (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) are combined into Northeast I region. 2/ April 2011 Labor Survey was not conducted due to budget reductions. Data are not available. MAY MILK PRICES DECREASED FROM APRIL Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during May were down from a month earlier, according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office. The price of hay and potatoes decreased also. The price of corn, oats, and apples increased. Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales information. The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in May, at 174 percent, based on 1990-1992=100, decreased 1 point (0.6 percent) from April. The Crop Index is unchanged but the Livestock Index decreased 3 points (1.9 percent). Producers received lower prices for cattle, corn, eggs, and strawberries and higher prices for hay, broilers, celery, and lettuce. 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 wheat, cantaloupes, broilers, and sweet corn offset decreased marketings of cattle, corn, milk, and soybeans. Prices Received by Farmers 1/ New York United States Commodity Unit May Apr May May Apr May 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 Dollars Dollars Corn bu. 3.72 6.96 7.21 3.48 6.35 6.15 Oats bu. - 3.34 3.53 2.19 3.53 3.49 Wheat bu. - - - 4.33 8.04 8.19 Barley bu. - - - 4.25 4.27 4.57 Soybeans ton - - - 9.41 13.10 13.00 Hay, baled bu. 94.00 122.00 116.00 116.00 141.00 169.00 Potatoes cwt. 13.70 15.90 14.60 8.57 11.17 11.26 Apples, fresh market 2/ cwt. 20.70 25.40 27.00 30.90 26.60 25.90 Milk, wholesale cwt. 16.00 21.20 21.10 15.00 19.60 19.40 Milk cows 3/ head -1,400.00 - - 1,420.00 - Eggs, table market doz. - - - 0.441 0.887 0.662 Slaughter cows cwt. 53.70 66.70 4/ 59.00 78.90 79.10 Steers and heifers cwt. 87.20 92.20 4/ 99.70 122.00 118.00 All slaughter cattle cwt. 59.30 70.90 4/ 94.70 119.00 115.00 Calves cwt. 124.00 92.00 4/ 124.00 147.00 141.00 Hogs cwt. 47.70 53.80 4/ 62.20 67.70 67.80 Lambs cwt. 200.00 200.00 4/ 122.00 181.00 4/ Index (1990-92=100) Prices received 138 175 174 Prices paid 181 203 204 Ratio prices received to prices paid 76 86 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. Cattle and Calves Production, Disposition and Income, New York, 2007-2010 Inv Year Inv Calf Inship- Marketings Farm Deaths Jan. 1 Gross Jan 1 Crop ments Cattle Calves slaughter Cattle Calves following Income 1/ 1,000 head 1,000 dol. 2007 1,420 480 28 113.0 300.0 2 29 44 1,440 107,713 2008 1,440 500 22 157.6 354.4 2 28 40 1,380 156,392 2009 1,380 490 14 134.4 265.0 2 32 41 1,410 123,898 2010 1,410 520 16 192.0 275.0 4 32 43 1,400 183,033 Hogs and Pigs Production, Disposition and Income, New York, 2007-2010 Inv Pig Inship- Farm Inv Gross Year Dec 1 Crop ments Marketings slaughter Deaths Dec 1 Income 1/ preceding 1,000 head 1,000 dol. 2007 98 176 8 181.9 2 12.1 86 11,737 2008 86 169 11 155.2 2 13.8 95 9,901 2009 95 140 11 160.8 2 6.2 77 10,323 2010 77 146 11.6 108.7 3 14.9 108 9,690 Sheep and Lamb Production, Disposition and Income, New York, 2007-2010 Inv. Year Inv Lamb Inship- Marketings Farm Deaths Jan. 1 Gross Jan 1 Crop ments Sheep Lambs slaughter Sheep Lambs following Income 1/ 1,000 head 1,000 dol. dol. 2007 72 44 4.3 7.5 35.8 4 3 5 65 3,456 2008 65 44 4.2 8.5 33.7 3 2 4 62 3,308 2009 62 45 8.4 7.6 32.3 2.5 2 5 66 3,421 2010 66 49 8.8 9.4 34.4 2.5 2.5 5 70 4,423 1/ Value of marketings and home consumption. MAY MILK PRODUCTION DOWN New York dairy herds produced 1,113 million pounds of milk during May. Milk cows were unchanged but production per cow was down from the previous year resulting in a 1.4 percent decrease in milk production compared to May 2010. The number of milk cows averaged 610,000 head, unchanged from May of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,825 pounds, down 25 pounds from the May 2010 rate. Milk production in the 23 major States during May totaled 16.0 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from May 2010. April revised production at 15.5 billion pounds, was up 1.7 percent from April 2010. Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,899 pounds for May, 6 pounds above May 2010. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.45 million head, 103,000 head more than May 2010, and 15,000 head more than April 2011. Dairy Briefs New York 23 Major States Item Unit May Apr. May May Apr. May 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 Milk Production Mil. lb. 1,129 1,080 1,113 15,804 15,471 16,043 Milk per cow Lb. 1,850 1,770 1,825 1,893 1,834 1,899 No. of milk cows Thou. hd. 610 610 610 8,347 8,435 8,450 Dairy Products Manufactured New York United States Item Unit Apr. Mar. Apr. Apr. Mar. Apr. 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 Butter Thou. lb. N/A N/A N/A 133,056 164,934 158,819 American cheese Thou. lb. N/A N/A N/A 360,258 365,884 356,552 Mozzarella cheese Thou. lb. 16,434 15,948 18,282 288,133 310,395 300,015 Yogurt, plain and Thou. lb. N/A N/A N/A 341,590 397,101 357,705 flavored Ice cream, hard Thou. gal. N/A N/A N/A 78,372 74,616 75,467 NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 8 PERCENT IN APRIL Egg production on New York farms totaled 98 million eggs in April, up 8 percent from last year. The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.07 million, increased 7 percent from April 2010 and the rate of lay was 2,411 eggs per 100 layers, up slightly from last year. United States egg production totaled 7.61 billion during April 2011, up slightly from last year. Production included 6.56 billion table eggs, and 1.06 billion hatching eggs, of which 987 million were broiler-type and 70 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during April 2011 averaged 340 million, down slightly from last year. April egg production per 100 layers was 2,236 eggs, up 1 percent from April 2010. Poultry Briefs Apr. Mar. Apr. Apr. Mar. Apr. Item Unit 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 New York United States Number of layers Thou. 3,787 4,236 4,065 341,318 340,461 340,468 Eggs per 100 layers No. 2,403 2,502 2,411 2,220 2,302 2,236 Eggs produced Mil. 91 106 98 7,576 7,836 7,612 North and South Atlantic United States States Chicks hatched, egg-type Thou. 2/ 2/ 2/ 47,558 43,974 43,429 Chicks hatched, broiler type Thou. 2/ 2/ 2/ 768,296 793,957 779,859 Chicken eggs in incubators 1/ Egg-type Thou. 9,275 9,379 8,585 41,692 40,848 40,782 Broiler-type Thou. 249,461 254,012 255,344 644,848 649,752 649,093 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.