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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joe Morse
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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                  JUNE MILK PRICES DOWN 3 PERCENT FROM MAY

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

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $11.50 per
hundredweight of milk sold during June, down 40 cents from May and $7.40
less than June a year ago.  Poultry producers received an average of 41.2
cents per dozen eggs sold, unchanged from May and 54.6 cents lower than
last year.

Grain corn, at $4.26 per bushel, was down 34 cents from May and decreased
$2.12 from last year.  Hay averaged $123.00 per ton, up $10.00 from May but
down $6.00 from June 2008.  Apples, at 23.8 cents per hundredweight, were
down 14.5 cents from last year at this time.

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in
June, at 135 percent, based on 1990-92=100, increased 5 points (3.8
percent) from May. The Crop Index is up 12 points (8.0 percent) but the
Livestock Index decreased 1 point (0.9 percent). Producers received higher
prices for tomatoes, soybeans, broilers, and cantaloups and lower prices
for cattle, strawberries, milk, and hay. 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 wheat,
grapes, hay, and cantaloups offset decreased marketings of tomatoes,
oranges, strawberries, and sweet corn.  The information in this release is
available by free email subscription by subscribing to New York reports at
www.nass.usda.gov/ny.

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6-30-09