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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Monday, November 2, 2009

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                               OCTOBER MILK PRICES INCREASED FROM SEPTEMBER

    Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during October were up from a month earlier, 
according to Steve Ropel, Director of USDA=s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Office. 
The price of eggs also increased.  The price of corn, hay, oats, soybeans, winter wheat, potatoes, and 
apples decreased.  Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales information.
	
     Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $13.80 per hundredweight of milk sold 
during October, up $1.00 from September but $4.00 less than October a year ago.  Poultry producers 
received an average of 66.5 cents per dozen eggs sold, up 9.5 cents from September but 25 cents 
lower than last year.

     Grain corn, at $3.81 per bushel, was down 15 cents from September and decreased $1.41 from 
last year.  Hay averaged $115.00 per ton, down $12.00 from September and down $5.00 from October 
2008.  Winter Wheat, at $4.14 per bushel, was down 30 cents from September and decreased $1.10 
from October 2008.  Soybeans averaged $9.00 per bushel, down 97 cents from September, but up 
$1.08 from October 2008.  Potatoes averaged 12.90 per hundredweight, down 20 cents from 
September and $3.80 from last year at this time.  Apples, at 26.1 cents per hundredweight, were down 
21 cents from last year.

 The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in October, at 135 percent, 
based on 1990-92=100, increased 9 points (7.1 percent) from September. The Crop Index is up 11 
points (7.7 percent) and the Livestock Index increased 1 point (0.9 percent). Producers received higher 
prices for lettuce, corn, milk, and broccoli and lower prices for broilers, cattle, snap beans, and 
cucumbers. 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 soybeans, corn, 
cotton, and cottonseed offset decreased marketings of milk, wheat, grapes, and sweet corn.  The 
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