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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Bryan Combs
Friday, June 19, 2009

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                          MAY MILK PRODUCTION DOWN

New York dairy herds produced 1.10 billion pounds of milk during May
according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service, New York Field office.  Milk cows declined while
production per cow was unchanged from the previous year resulting in a 1.0
percent decrease in milk production compared to May 2008.  The number of
milk cows averaged 621,000 head, down 5,000 head from May of the previous
year.  Milk per cow averaged 1,770 pounds, unchanged from the May 2008
rate.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $11.90 per
hundredweight of milk sold during May, unchanged April and $6.00 below May
a year ago.

Milk production in the 23 major States during May totaled 15.5 billion
pounds, up 0.2 percent from May 2008. April revised production at 14.9
billion pounds, was up 0.1 percent from April 2008.  The April revision
represented an increase of 10 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last
month's preliminary production estimate.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,828 pounds for May, 9
pounds above May 2008.  The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major
States was 8.47 million head, 25,000 head less than May 2008, and 10,000
head less than April 2009.

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6-19-09