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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Friday, November 19, 2010

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                      OCTOBER MILK PRODUCTION INCREASED 

New York dairy herds produced 1.05 billion pounds of milk during October. Milk 
cows declined while production per cow was up from the previous year resulting 
in a 4.7 percent increase in milk production compared to October 2009. The number 
of milk cows averaged 611,000 head, down 3,000 head from October of the previous 
year. Milk per cow averaged 1,725 pounds, up 85 pounds from the October 2009 rate. 

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $19.20 per hundredweight 
of milk sold during October, up 60 cents from September and $4.20 more than October 
a year ago. 

Milk production in the 23 major States during October totaled 14.8 billion pounds, 
up 3.3 percent from October 2009. September revised production at 14.5 billion 
pounds, was up 3.7 percent from September 2009. The September revision represented 
an increase of 6 million pounds or less than 0.1 percent from last month's 
preliminary production estimate. 

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,767 pounds for October, 47 
pounds above October 2009. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States 
was 8.37 million head, 52,000 head more than October 2009, but unchanged from 
September 2010. 

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11-19-10