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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Onslow Hall
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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               MARCH MILK PRICES DECREASED FROM FEBRUARY 

 

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

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $16.00 per
hundredweight of milk sold during March, down 80 cents from February
but $4.50 more than March a year ago. 

Grain corn, at $3.72 per bushel, was up 6 cents from February but
decreased 75 cents from last year. Wheat, at $4.73 per bushel, was
down 30 cents from February and down 70 cents from March a year ago.
Hay averaged $119.00 per ton, up $14 from February and $3 lower than 
prices received March 2009. Potatoes averaged $12.70 per hundredweight,
up 40 cents from February but down $2.10 from last year at this time.
Apples, at 20.0 cents per hundredweight, were down .1 cents from
February and 5.8 cents from last year. 

 
The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers
in March, at 141 percent, based on 1990-92=100, increased 6 points
(4.4 percent) from February. The Crop Index is up 8 points (5.4 percent)
and the Livestock Index increased 5 points (4.1 percent).  Producers
received higher prices for onions, lettuce, eggs, and cattle and lower
prices for milk, corn, soybeans, and apples. 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 strawberries, soybeans, broilers, and milk offset decreased marketings
of cattle, corn, cotton, and oranges. 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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3-31-10