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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Onslow Hall
Thursday, June 30, 2011

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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 King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New 
York Field Office. The price of corn, hay, 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 $22.00 per hundredweight of milk sold 
during June, up 70 cents from May and $5.20 more than June a year ago.  

Grain corn, at $8.13 per bushel, was up 58 cents from May and up $4.26 from last year. Hay 
averaged $146 per ton, up $30 from May and $47 higher than prices received June 2010. 
Potatoes averaged $11.70 per hundredweight, down $3.80 from May and $4.10 below June 
2010 prices. Apples, at 27.8 cents per pound, increased 0.8 cents from May and were 7.0 cents 
higher than last year.
 
The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in June, at 181 
percent, based on 1990-1992=100, increased 7 points (4.0 percent) from May. The Crop Index 
is up 12 points (6.0 percent) but the Livestock Index was unchanged. Producers received higher 
prices for milk, corn, and broccoli, and lower prices for cattle, lettuce, wheat, 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 wheat, hay, 
grapes, and peaches offset decreased marketings of corn, cattle, oranges, and milk. The 
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6-30-11