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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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                                     DECEMBER MILK PRODUCTION 


New York dairy herds produced 1.02 billion pounds of milk during December according
to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service,
New York Field office.  Milk cows declined while production per cow was up from the 
previous year resulting in a 0.3 percent decrease in milk production compared to
December 2008.  The number of milk cows averaged 610,000 head, down 15,000 head
from December of the previous year.  Milk per cow averaged 1675 pounds, up from
the December 2008 rate. 

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $16.30 per hundredweight
of milk sold during December, up $1.00 from November and 20 cents  more than 
December a year ago. 


Milk production in the 23 major States during December totaled 14.6 billion pounds,
down 0.8 percent from December 2008. November revised production at 14.0 billion
pounds, was down 0.8 percent from November 2008. The November revision represented
a increase  of 24 million pounds or 0.2 percent from last month's preliminary
production estimate.   
 
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,758 pounds for December, 29
pounds above December 2008.  The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States
was 8.31 million head, 206,000 head less than December 2008, and unchanged  November 2009. 

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