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AND LIVESTOCK REPORT
Released: March 2006
Monthly
No. 973-3-06
2005 MILK PRODUCTION
Annual milk production in the
U.S. milk production for 2005 totaled 177 billion, up 3.5 percent from a year earlier. The output per cow, at 19,576, was 609 pounds above the 2004 rate. The average number of milk cows during 2005 9.04 million, up 3.2 percent from the previous year.
California, with 37.6 billion pounds, remained
the leading milk producer in 2005, followed by Wisconsin with 22.9 billion,
New York with 12.1 billion, Pennsylvania with 10.5 billion, and
New York trout producers sold a total of 132,000 pounds of trout valued at $507,000 during the 12 months ending December 31, 2005. This production, which includes food-size fish, stockers, and fingerlings, was up 4 percent from a year ago.
The 2005 output included 83,000 pounds of food-size trout averaging $3.03 per pound in value, 46,000 pounds of stocker trout averaging $4.49 per pound, and 3,000 pounds of fingerlings averaging $445.00 per 1,000 fish. Food-size fish averaged 10 pounds in weight, while stockers averaged . 40 pounds. Total weight of food-size trout sold was down 5 percent from 2004. Total weight of stocker trout was up 21 percent.
Milk Cows and Production, by Months, New York, 2003-2005
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Milk Cows
on Farms 1/ |
Milk Production
per Cow |
Total Milk
Production |
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2004 |
2005 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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1,000 |
Pounds |
Million pounds |
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| January |
675 |
658 |
650 |
1,515 |
1,490 |
1,535 |
1,023 |
980 |
998 |
| February |
677 |
660 |
650 |
1,400 |
1,400 |
1,415 |
948 |
924 |
920 |
| March |
680 |
660 |
648 |
1,540 |
1,510 |
1,570 |
1,047 |
997 |
1,017 |
| April |
679 |
658 |
646 |
1,505 |
1,500 |
1,565 |
1,022 |
987 |
1,011 |
| May |
677 |
655 |
646 |
1,570 |
1,580 |
1,665 |
1,063 |
1,035 |
1,076 |
| June |
675 |
656 |
647 |
1,500 |
1,490 |
1,590 |
1,013 |
977 |
1,029 |
| July |
673 |
656 |
647 |
1,515 |
1,520 |
1,600 |
1,020 |
997 |
1,035 |
| August |
671 |
654 |
647 |
1,475 |
1,500 |
1,600 |
990 |
981 |
1,035 |
| September |
668 |
654 |
649 |
1,430 |
1,420 |
1,515 |
955 |
929 |
983 |
| October |
665 |
653 |
650 |
1,455 |
1,470 |
1,550 |
968 |
960 |
1,008 |
| November |
660 |
651 |
648 |
1,410 |
1,410 |
1,485 |
931 |
918 |
962 |
| December |
657 |
650 |
650 |
1,480 |
1,485 |
1,545 |
972 |
965 |
1,004 |
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| ANNUAL |
671 |
655 |
648 |
17,812 |
17,786 |
18,639 |
11,952 |
11,650 |
12,078 |
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WAGE RATES UP 3
PERCENT
There were 795,000 hired workers on the Nation’s farms and ranches during the week of January 8-14, 2006. There were 616,000 workers hired directly by farm operators. Agricultural service employees on farms and ranches made up the remaining 180,000 workers.
Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $10.11 per hour during the January 2006 reference week, up 33 cents from a year earlier. Field workers received an average of $9.15 per hour, up 44 cents. Livestock workers earned $9.25 per hour compared with $9.20 a year earlier.
Hired Workers on Farms and Wage Rates
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Oct. 9-15, |
Jan. 8-14, |
Jan. 9-15, |
Oct. 9-15, |
Jan. 8-14, |
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1,000 workers |
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| All hired workers |
23 |
38 |
23 |
589 |
842 |
616 |
| Worked 150 days or more |
20 |
29 |
22 |
494 |
621 |
513 |
| Worked less than 150 days |
3 |
9 |
1 |
95 |
221 |
103 |
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Hours worked per worker |
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| All hired workers |
36.6 |
40.1 |
38.1 |
37.0 |
42.0 |
38.2 |
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Dollars per hour |
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| Field workers |
9.47 |
9.42 |
10.42 |
8.71 |
8.90 |
9.15 |
| Livestock workers |
9.17 |
9.42 |
8.80 |
9.20 |
9.15 |
9.25 |
| Field and livestock workers |
9.32 |
9.42 |
9.56 |
8.90 |
8.96 |
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