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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Joe Morse
Monday, June 1, 2009

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                    MAY MILK PRICES UNCHANGED FROM APRIL

Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during May were
unchanged from a month earlier, according to Steve Ropel, Director of
USDA=s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office. The
price of potatoes was also unchanged.  The price of corn, apples, hay,
eggs, and wheat decreased.  Many previous month prices were revised due to
more complete sales information.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $11.90 per
hundredweight of milk sold during May, unchanged from April but $6.00 less
than May a year ago.  Poultry producers received an average of 41.2 cents
per dozen eggs sold, down 37.8 cents from April and 29.6 cents lower than
last year.

Grain corn, at $4.13 per bushel, was down 18 cents from April and decreased
$1.98 from last year.   Potatoes, at $15.80 per hundredweight, were
unchanged from April but up $3.50 from last year at this time.  Hay
averaged $113.00 per ton, down $20.00 from April and down $11.00 from May
2008.  Apples, at 23.9 cents per hundredweight, were down 13.6 cents from
last year at this time.  Wheat, at $5.01 per bushel, was down 29 cents from
April and down $3.06 from last year.

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in
May, at 131 percent, based on 1990-92=100, increased 2 points (1.6 percent)
from April. The Crop Index is up 2 points (1.3 percent) but the Livestock
Index was unchanged. Producers received higher prices for broilers,
soybeans, corn, and onions and lower prices for eggs, lettuce, tomatoes,
and milk. In addition to prices, the overall index is also affected by the
seasonal change based on a 3-year average mix of commodities producers
sell. Increased monthly marketings of sweet corn, broilers, grapes, and
cantaloups offset decreased marketings of cattle, milk, corn, and apples.
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6-01-09