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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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                     MARCH MILK PRODUCTION INCREASED 

New York dairy herds produced 1,104 million pounds of milk during March. Milk 
cows were unchanged but production per cow was up from the previous year 
resulting in a 3.1 percent increase in milk production compared to March 2010. 
The number of milk cows averaged 610,000 head, unchanged from March of the 
previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,810 pounds, up 55 pounds from the 
March 2010 rate. 

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $21.30 per 
hundredweight of milk sold during March, up $1.70 from February and $5.20 
more than March a year ago. 

Milk production in the 23 major States during March totaled 15.8 billion pounds, 
up 2.4 percent from March 2010. February revised production at 14.0 billion 
pounds, was up 2.3 percent from February 2010. The February revision represented 
a decrease of 14 million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary 
production estimate. 

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,872 pounds for March, 24 
pounds above March 2010. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States 
was 8.42 million head, 93,000 head more than March 2010, and 17,000 head more 
than February 2011. 

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04-20-2011