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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Thursday, August 19, 2010

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               JULY MILK PRODUCTION INCREASED



New York dairy herds produced 1.10 billion pounds of milk during July.  Milk cows 
declined while production per cow was up from the previous year resulting in a 2.1 percent 
increase in milk production compared to July 2009.  The number of milk cows averaged 
611,000 head, down 10,000 head from July of the previous year.  Milk per cow averaged 
1,800 pounds, up 65 pounds from the July 2009 rate.


Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $17.30 per hundredweight of 
milk sold during July, up 50 cents from June and $5.10 more than a year ago.

 
Milk production in the 23 major States during July totaled 15.3 billion pounds, up 3.0 
percent from July 2009. June revised production at 15.2 billion pounds, was up 2.9 percent 
from June 2009. The June revision represented an increase of 23 million pounds or 0.2 
percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.        
  
Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,830 pounds for July, 59 pounds 
above July 2009.  The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.37 
million head, 26,000 head less than July 2009, but 19,000 head more than June 2010.

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