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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Thursday, December 31, 2009

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                    DECEMBER MILK PRICES INCREASED FROM NOVEMBER 
 
Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during December 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 and corn also increased.  The price of wheat and apples 
decreased. The price of hay and potatoes were unchanged.  Many previous
month prices were revised due to more complete sales information. 
  
Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $16.30 per
hundredweight of milk sold during December, up $1.00 from November
and 20 cents more than December a year ago.  Poultry producers received
an average of 91.1 cents per dozen eggs sold, up 4.8 cents from November
and 2.1 cents higher than last year. 
 
Grain corn, at $3.81 per bushel, was up 1 cent from November but decreased
88 cents from last year.  Wheat, at 4.77 per bushel, was down 12 cents
from November and down $2.02 from December a year ago.  Hay averaged
$129.00 per ton, unchanged from November but up $11.00 from December 2008.
Potatoes averaged 12.10 per hundredweight, unchanged from November but
down $4.30 from last year at this time.  Apples, at 25.1 cents per
hundredweight, were down 4.6 cents from last year. 
  
The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in
December, at 136 percent, based on 1990-92=100, was unchanged from November.
The Crop Index is down 2 points (1.3 percent) but the Livestock Index
increased 3 points (2.6 percent). Producers received higher prices for milk,
soybeans, grapes, and strawberries and lower prices for oranges, cattle,
corn, and broccoli. 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, milk, oranges, and 
lettuce offset decreased marketings of soybeans, corn, cattle, and grapes.
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12-31-09