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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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              JUNE MILK PRICES INCREASED FROM MAY 

Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during June were up from a month earlier, 
according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New 
York Field Office. The price of corn, hay, potatoes, and apples increased also. The price of 
wheat decreased.  Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales 
information.
	
Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $16.90 per hundredweight of milk sold 
during June, up 90 cents from May and $4.50 more than June a year ago.  

Grain corn, at $3.81 per bushel, was up 9 cents from May but down 48 cents from last year.   
Wheat, at $4.24 per bushel, was down 71 cents from May and down 67 cents from May a year 
ago.  Hay averaged $99 per ton, up $5 from May but $24 lower than prices received June 2009.  
Potatoes averaged $15.80 per hundredweight, up $2.10 from May.  Apples, at 20.8 cents per 
pound, increased 0.2 cents from May but were 3.0 cents lower than last year.
 
The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in June, at 139 
percent, based on 1990-1992=100, decreased 2 points (1.4 percent) from May. The Crop Index 
is down 5 points (3.3 percent) and the Livestock Index decreased 1 point (0.8 percent). 
Producers received lower prices for cattle, onions, hogs, and wheat and higher prices for lettuce, 
milk, turkeys, 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 wheat, grapes, hay, and cantaloupes offset decreased marketings of 
oranges, strawberries, cattle, and sweet corn. The information in this release is available by free 
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6-30-10