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Contact:  Joseph Morse
Friday, April 30, 2010

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                            2009 NEW YORK MILK PRODUCTION DECREASES

Total milk production in New York during 2009, at 12.4 billion pounds, was down slightly from 
2008, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, 
New York Field office. The annual average number of milk cows, at 619,000 head, was down 1 
percent from the previous year. Annual output per cow averaged 20,071 pounds, up 1 percent 
from 2008. 

Cash receipts from the sale of New York milk during 2009 totaled $1.7 billion, down 30 percent 
from the previous year. The $13.60 per hundredweight received for all milk sold by New York 
farmers was down $5.60, or 29 percent, from the $19.20 received in 2008. Marketing totals 
include whole milk and producer-separated cream sold to plants and dealers as well as milk sold 
directly to consumers. 

An estimated 32 million pounds of milk was used on farms during 2009, 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 $1.7 billion, down 29 percent from 
2008. 

U.S. milk production decreased 0.3 percent in 2009 to 189 billion pounds. The rate per cow, at 
20,576 pounds, was 181 pounds above 2008. The annual average number of milk cows on 
farms was 9.20 million head, down 114,000 head from 2008. Cash receipts from marketings of 
milk during 2009 totaled $24.3 billion, 30.1 percent lower than 2008. Producer returns averaged 
$12.93 per hundredweight, 29.9 percent below 2008. Marketings totaled 188 billion pounds, 0.3 
percent below 2008. Marketings include whole milk sold to plants and dealers and milk sold 
directly to consumers.

An estimated 1.01 billion pounds of milk were used on farms where produced, 5.1 percent less 
than 2008. Calves were fed 89 percent of this milk, with the remainder consumed in producer 
households.

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