E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov
(518) 457-5570

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Bryan Combs
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

www.nass.usda.gov/ny



                     NEW YORK DAIRY FARMS EXAMINED BY
                            TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

The 2007 Census of Agriculture found 5,799 New York farms reporting the
sale of milk and other dairy products from cows, according to Steve Ropel,
Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York
Office. Of these farms 4,428, or 76 percent, were organized as family or
individual farm operations. Farms organized as partnerships totaled 1,086
farms, or 19 percent of the total, with 833 of these partnerships
registered under state law. Of the total farms, 260, or 5 percent were
organized as corporations with 95 percent of these being family held. The
remaining 25 farms were organized under cooperative, estate, trust,
institutional or other types of agreements. At the national level, 79
percent of farms reporting the sale of milk and other dairy products from
cows were organized as family or individual farm operations. Farms
organized as partnerships accounted for 14 percent of the total,
corporation type farms accounted for 6 percent, and other types of farm
organization accounted for less than 1 percent.

The Census, which is conducted every five years, provides facts and figures
on virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture, including number and types
of farm operations, the economic aspects of farm production and the
demographics of U.S. farm operators.

Details on this and other Census data can be found on-line through the New
York NASS web site: www.nass.usda.gov/ny/. U.S., State and County tables
are available in PDF, Text, and CSV files. Printed copies will be available
along with the CD-ROMS and a searchable database. For further information
or assistance, please call the New York office at 800-821-1276 or send an
e-mail to: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov.

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