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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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                        JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION INCREASED


New York dairy herds produced 1.08 billion pounds of milk during January.  Milk cows and 
production per cow were up from the previous year resulting in a 4.4 percent increase in 
milk production compared to January 2010.  The number of milk cows averaged 610,000 
head, unchanged from January of the previous year.  Milk per cow averaged 1,775 pounds, 
up 75 pounds from the January 2010 rate.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $17.20 per hundredweight of 
milk sold during January, down $1.10 from December but up 40 cents from January a year 
ago.     
 
Milk production in the 23 major States during January totaled 15.2 billion pounds, up 2.7 
percent from January 2010. December revised production at 15.0 billion pounds, was up 
2.7 percent from December 2009. The December revision represented a decrease of 17 
million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month’s preliminary production estimate.           

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,813 pounds for January, 29 pounds 
above January 2010.  The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.40 
million head, 82,000 head more than January 2010, and 14,000 head more than 
December 2010.  

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02-22-2011