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Contact: Bryan Combs
Monday, June 1, 2009

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                  2008 NEW YORK MILK PRODUCTION INCREASES

Total milk production in New York during 2008, at 12.4 billion pounds, was
up 2.7 percent from 2007, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s
National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field office. The annual
average number of milk cows, at 626,000 head, was down slightly from the
previous year. Annual output per cow averaged 19,859 pounds, up 2.9 percent
from 2007.

Cash receipts from the sale of New York milk during 2008 totaled $2.3
billion, down 3.0 percent from the previous year. The $18.60 per
hundredweight received for all milk sold by New York farmers was down
$1.10, or 5.6 percent, from the $19.70 received in 2007. Marketing totals
include whole milk and producer-separated cream sold to plants and dealers
as well as milk sold directly to consumers.

New York dairymen used 32 million pounds of milk on their farms during
2008, unchanged from the previous year. About 93.7 percent of the milk used
on farms was fed back to calves. The value of all milk produced, including
milk fed back to calves, totaled $2.3 billion, down 3.0 percent from 2007.

U.S. milk production increased 2.3 percent in 2008 to 190 billion pounds.
The rate per cow, at 20,396 pounds, was 192 pounds above 2007. The annual
average number of milk cows on farms was 9.32 million head, up 126,000 head
from 2007.  Cash receipts from marketings of milk during 2008 totaled $34.8
billion, 1.9 percent lower than 2007.  Producer returns averaged $18.41 per
hundredweight, 4.2 percent below 2007. Marketings totaled 189 billion
pounds, 2.4 percent above 2007. Marketings include whole milk sold to
plants and dealers and milk sold directly to consumers.

An estimated 1.08 billion pounds of milk were used on farms where produced,
1.0 percent less than 2007. Calves were fed 88 percent of this milk, with
the remainder consumed in producer households.

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