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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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                      JUNE MILK PRODUCTION INCREASED



New York dairy herds produced 1,083 million pounds of milk during June.  Milk cows 
were unchanged but production per cow was up from the previous year resulting in a 
0.3 percent increase in milk production compared to June 2010.  The number of milk 
cows averaged 610,000 head, unchanged from June of the previous year.  Milk per 
cow averaged 1,775 pounds, up 5 pounds from the June 2010 rate.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $22.00 per hundredweight of 
milk sold during June, up 70 cents from May and $5.20 more than June a year ago.       

Milk production in the 23 major States during June totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 1.4 
percent from June 2010. May revised production at 16.1 billion pounds, was up 1.6 
percent from May 2010. The May revision represented an increase of 20 million 
pounds or 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.             

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,819 pounds for June, 2 pounds 
above June 2010.  The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.46 
million head, 106,000 head more than June 2010, and 11,000 head more than May 
2011.    

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07-20-2011
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