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Results from the May 2001 Agricultural Yield Survey show winter wheat production in New York is forecast at 6.60 million bushels, down 11 percent from 2000's output. Acres to be harvested are down from last year but yields are 2 bushels higher than 2000. The U.S. winter wheat crop is placed at 1.34 billion bushels, down 14 percent from last year. Both yield and harvested acres are down compared to a year earlier.

Hay stocks on New York farms on May 1, 2001 totaled 625 thousand tons, up 62 percent from the 385 thousand tons on farms on May 1, 2000. Nationally, on farm hay stocks totaled 21.1 million tons on May 1, 2001, down 17 percent from the stocks level on May 1, 2000.

Cash receipts from the sale of milk during 2000 totaled $1.54 billion, down 11 percent from the previous year. The $13.10 per hundredweight received for all milk sold by New York farmers was down $1.50, or 10 percent, from the $14.60 received in 1999. Marketing include whole milk and producer-separated cream sold to plants and dealers as well as milk sold directly to consumers.

Total milk production in New York during 2000, at 11.9 billion pounds, was down 1 percent from the record high 12.1 billion pounds of 1999. The annual average number of milk cows, at 686,000 head, was down 2 percent from the previous year. Annual output per cow averaged a record 17,376 pounds, up 1 percent from 17,235 pounds a year earlier.

New York dairymen used 135 million pounds of milk on their farms during 2000, compared with 143 million pounds during 1999. About 93 percent of the milk used on farms was fed back to calves. The value of all milk produced, including milk fed back to calves, totaled $1.56 billion, down 11 percent from 1999.

National milk production increased 3 percent in 2000 to 168 billion pounds. The annual output per cow reached 18,204 pounds, 432 pounds above 1999. The average number of milk cows during 2000, at 9.21 million head, was 54,000 head more than 1999. Cash receipts from marketing of milk during the year, at $ 20.6 billion, were 11 percent below 1999. Producer returns nationwide averaged $12.30 per hundredweight, 14 percent below the 1999 average.

The combined value of New York produced eggs, broilers, and turkeys, plus value of sales for other chickens was $62.0 million for the year ending November 30, 2000. This total is up 9 percent from a year earlier. Of the 2000 combined value, 84 percent was derived from eggs and 9 percent from turkeys.

Prices received by New York farmers during April for selected commodities were mostly lower compared with a month earlier. Prices for oats, wheat, soybeans, hay, potatoes, and eggs declined while prices for corn and milk increased. Fresh market apple prices were unchanged from March.

At the National level, the All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by U.S. Farmers was 107 based on 1990-92=100, up 4 points from March. Higher prices for strawberries, milk, oranges, and hay were partially offset by lower prices for tomatoes, broilers, soybeans, and corn.

New York dairy herds produced 972 million pounds of milk during April, down 4 percent from the previous year. Both a smaller milking herd and a lower output per cow contributed to the decrease.

Milk production in the 20 major States during April totaled 12.2 billion pounds, down 1.9 percent from production in these same States in April 2000. Production per cow was 21 pounds below a year earlier.

New York egg production during March totaled 98 million eggs, 3 percent above a year earlier. An increase in the size of the laying flock more than offset a decrease in the egg laying rate.

Laying flocks throughout the Nation produced 7.33 billion eggs during March 2001, up 1 percent from a year ago. An indication of future egg supply, egg-type chicks hatched in the U.S. during March were up 3 percent, while eggs in incubators on April 1, 2001 were up 9 percent from a year earlier.

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