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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Thursday, August 19, 2011

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                        JULY MILK PRODUCTION DECREASED

New York dairy herds produced 1,092 million pounds of milk during July.  Milk cows
were down but production per cow was unchanged from the previous year resulting in
a 0.2 percent decrease in milk production compared to July 2010.  The number of milk
cows averaged 610,000 head, down slightly from July of the previous year.  Milk per
cow averaged 1,790 pounds, unchanged from the July 2010 rate.  Dairy farmers in the
Empire State received an average of $23.10 per hundredweight of milk sold during 
July, up 70 cents from June and $5.70 more than July a year ago. Milk production
in the 23 major States during July totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 0.8 percent from 
July 2010. June revised production at 15.4 billion pounds, was up 1.3 percent from
June 2010. The June revision represented a decrease of 5 million pounds or less 
than 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.  Production 
per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,824 pounds for July, 5 pounds below July
2010.  The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.47 million 
head, 93,000 head more than July 2010, and 8,000 head more than June 2011.     

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