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10B Airline Drive, Albany, New York 12235 

Contact: Joseph Morse FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
518-457-5570 Monday, July 20, 2009 
www.nass.usda.gov/ny 

JUNE MILK PRODUCTION UP 

New York dairy herds produced 1.07 billion pounds of milk during June according to 
Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York 
Field office. Milk cows declined while production per cow increased from the previous 
year resulting in a 1.9 percent increase in milk production compared to June 2008. The 
number of milk cows averaged 623,000 head, down 3,000 head from June of the 

previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,720 pounds, down 40 pounds from the June 
2008 rate. 

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $11.50 per hundredweight of 

milk sold during June, down 40 cents from May and $7.40 below June a year ago. 

Milk production in the 23 major States during June totaled 14.7 billion pounds, down 0.1 
percent from June 2008. May revised production at 15.5 billion pounds, was up 0.5 

percent from May 2008. The May revision represented an increase of 46 million pounds 
or 0.3 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. 

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,746 pounds for June, 10 pounds 

above June 2008. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.44 
million head, 56,000 head less than June 2008, and 29,000 head less than May 2009. 

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7-20-09 

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