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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Onslow Hall
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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                          JANUARY MILK PRICES DECREASED FROM DECEMBER

Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during January 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 apples decreased also. The price of corn, hay, oats, 
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 $17.20 per hundredweight of milk sold 
during January, down $1.10 from December but up 40 cents from January a year ago.  

Grain corn, at $5.82 per bushel, was up 21 cents from December and $1.95 higher than from last 
year. Hay averaged $109.00 per ton, up $4 from December but down $5 from January 2010. Oats, 
at $2.34 per bushel, increased one cent from December. Potatoes averaged $12.90 per cwt, up 30 
cents from December and 80 cents higher than last year. Apples averaged $23.80 per cwt, down 
$1.80 from December but up $3 from last year.
 
The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in January, at 169 
percent, based on 1990-1992=100, increased 11 points (7.0 percent) from December. The Crop 
Index is up 20 points (11 percent) but the Livestock Index was unchanged. Producers received 
higher prices for corn, cattle, wheat, and soybeans and lower prices for eggs, turkeys, milk, and 
broilers. 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, cattle, and rice offset decreased marketings of cotton, wheat, and apples. The information in 
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