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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Monday, June 20, 2011

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                       MAY MILK PRODUCTION DECREASED 

New York dairy herds produced 1,113 million pounds of milk during May.  Milk cows 
were unchanged but production per cow was down from the previous year resulting 
in a 1.4 percent decrease in milk production compared to May 2010.  The number 
of milk cows averaged 610,000 head, unchanged from May of the previous year.  
Milk per cow averaged 1,825 pounds, down 25 pounds from the May 2010 rate. 

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $21.10 per hundredweight 
of milk sold during May, down 10 cents from April but $5.10 more than May a year 
ago.        

Milk production in the 23 major States during May totaled 16.0 billion pounds, 
up 1.5 percent from May 2010. April revised production at 15.5 billion pounds, 
was up 1.7 percent from April 2010. The April revision represented an increase of 
3 million pounds or less than 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production 
estimate.              

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,899 pounds for May, 6 pounds 
above May 2010. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.45 
million head, 103,000 head more than May 2010, and 15,000 head more than April 2011. 

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06-20-2011