E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov
(518) 457-5570

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Onslow Hall
Thursday, September 30, 2010

www.nass.usda.gov/ny






                               SEPTEMBER MILK PRICES INCREASED FROM AUGUST



Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during September were up from a month earlier, 
according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York 
Field Office. The price of corn, winter wheat, and oats increased also.  The price of hay and potatoes 
decreased.  Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales information.
	
Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $18.20 per hundredweight of milk sold during 
September, up 20 cents from August and $4.70 more than September a year ago.  

Grain corn, at $4.69 per bushel, was up 33 cents from August and increased 73 cents from last year.  
Hay averaged $101.00 per ton, down $15 from August and down $25 from September 2009.  Winter 
wheat, at $6.55 per bushel, was up 60 cents from August and increased $2.11 from a year ago.  
Potatoes averaged $14.20 per cwt, down $1.70 from August but up $1.30 from last year.  Oats, at 
$1.79 per bushel, were up 20 cents from August.


The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in September, at 150 percent, 
based on 1990-1992=100, increased 5 points (3.4 percent) from August. The Crop Index is up 6 points 
(3.8 percent) and the Livestock Index increased 1 point (0.7 percent). Producers received higher prices 
for corn, wheat, broilers, and milk and lower prices for lettuce, eggs, soybeans, and strawberries. 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, apples, and 
potatoes offset decreased marketings of cattle, wheat, broilers, and grapes. The information in this 
release is available by free email subscription by subscribing to New York reports at 
www.nass.usda.gov/ny.

#

9-30-10