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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Onslow Hall
Monday, November 1, 2010

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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 King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, New York Field Office. The price of corn, hay, oats, and apples increased also.  The price 
of  potatoes decreased.  Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales 
information.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $19.20 per hundredweight of milk sold 
during October, up 60 cents from September and $4.20 more than October a year ago.  

Grain corn, at $5.38 per bushel, was up 62 cents from September and increased 86 cents from last 
year.  Hay averaged $104.00 per ton, up $3 from September but down $11 from October 2009.  
Potatoes averaged $13.60 per cwt, down 70 cents from September but up $1.10 from last year.  
Oats, at $2.26 per bushel, were up 54 cents from September. Apples averaged $29.20 per cwt, up 
$1 from September and up $3.20 from last year.

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in October, at 160 
percent, based on 1990-1992=100, increased 12 points (8.1 percent) from September. The Crop 
Index is up 17 points (11 percent) but the Livestock Index decreased 1 point (0.7 percent). 
Producers received higher prices for corn, soybeans, eggs, and milk and lower prices for hogs, 
broilers, cattle, and potatoes. 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, grain sorghum, and cotton offset decreased marketings of wheat, 
milk, sweet corn, 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.

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