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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Bryan Combs
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

www.nass.usda.gov/ny



                      NEW YORK DAIRY SALES EXAMINED BY
                            TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

The 2007 Census of Agriculture found the market value of the milk and other
dairy products sold in 2007 totaled $2.28 billion for the state of New
York, according to Steve Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service, New York Office.  Of the total market value, $1.02
billion, or 45 percent was received by family or individual farm
operations. Farms organized under a partnership received $859 million, or
38 percent, of the total market value. Farms organized as a corporation
accounted for 17 percent, or $381 million, of the total market value. Other
types of organizations accounted for less than 1 percent of the market
value at 17.6 million dollars.

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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5-27-09