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Wednesday, December 1, 2010


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                      NOVEMBER MILK PRICES DECREASED FROM OCTOBER

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

Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $19.30 per hundredweight of milk sold 
during November, down 20 cents from October and $3.30 more than November a year ago.  

Grain corn, at $5.18 per bushel, was up 18 cents from October and increased $1.38 from last year.  
Hay averaged $104.00 per ton, unchanged from October but down $24 from November 2009.  
Potatoes averaged $13.40 per cwt, down 10 cents from October but up $1.20 from last year.  
Apples averaged $26.80 per cwt, down $2.40 from October and up $1.20 from last year.

The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in November, at 159 
percent, based on 1990-1992=100, increased 4 points (2.6 percent) from October. The Crop Index 
is up 9 points (5.4 percent) and the Livestock Index increased 1 point (0.7 percent). Producers 
received higher prices for soybeans, corn, lettuce, and eggs and lower prices for hogs, milk, apples, 
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 
milk, cotton, cattle, and corn offset decreased marketings of soybeans, potatoes, peanuts, and 
lettuce.


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