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• #Winter Wheat Production
• #Hay Stocks
• #Cash Receipts for Milk Production
• #Dry Beans
• #Poultry Production and Value
• #Prices
• #Livestock Slaughter
• #Dairy
• #Poultry

Results from the May 2002 Agricultural Yield Survey show winter wheat production in New York is forecast at 8.49 million bushels, up 34 percent from 2001's output. Acreage for harvest is up 14 percent while yields are expected to average 62 bushels per acre, up 9 bushels from a year ago. The U.S. winter wheat crop is placed at 1.30 billion bushels, down 4 percent from last year. This is the lowest production since 1978.

Hay stocks on New York farms on May 1, 2002 totaled 600 thousand tons, down 4 percent from the 625 thousand tons on farms on May 1, 2001.  Nationally, on farm hay stocks totaled 22.5 million tons, up 7 percent from the previous year. The increase in May 1 stocks was mainly a result of the 2001 hay crop increasing by 3 percent.

Cash receipts from the sale of milk during 2001 totaled $1.84 billion, up 19 percent from the previous year. The $15.80 per hundredweight received for all milk sold by New York farmers was up $2.70, or 21 percent, from the $13.10 received in 2000. 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 2001, at 11.8 billion pounds, was down 1 percent from the 11.9 billion pounds of 2000. The annual average number of milk cows, at 672,000 head, was down 2 percent from the previous year. Annual output per cow averaged a record 17,527 pounds, up 1 percent from 17,378 pounds a year earlier.

New York dairymen used 127 million pounds of milk on their farms during 2001, compared with 135 million pounds during 2000. About 94 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 $1.86 billion, up 19 percent from 2000.

National milk production declined 1 percent in 2001 to 165 billion pounds. The annual output per cow totaled 18,139 pounds, 62 pounds below 2000. The average number of milk cows during 2001, at 9.12 million head, was 91,000 head less than 2000. Cash receipts from marketing of milk during the year, at $24.7 billion, were 20 percent above 2000. Producer returns nationwide averaged $15.05 per hundredweight, 21 percent above the 2000 average.

The combined value of New York produced eggs, broilers, and turkeys, plus value of sales for other chickens was $63.6 million for the year ending November 30, 2001. This total is up 3 percent from a year earlier. Of the 2001 combined value, 85 percent was derived from eggs and 7 percent from turkeys.

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

At the National level, the preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in April was 95, based on 1990-92=100, down 10 points from the revised March index. Declining lettuce prices along with decreases for hogs, eggs, and cattle more than offset increased prices for onions, hay, apples, and potatoes.

New York dairy herds produced 1.02 billion pounds of milk during April, up 5 percent from the April 2001 level. The increase was the result of more milk cows and a larger rate per cow. The number of milk cows totaled 679,000 head, 9,000 above April of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,500 pounds, up 3 percent from April 2001

Milk production in the 20 major states during April totaled 12.5 billion pounds, up 2.9 percent from production in these same states during April 2001. Production per cow averaged 1,614 pounds for April, 43 pounds above April 2001. The number of cows on farms in the 20 major states was 7.75 million head, 12,000 head more than April 2001.

Egg production on New York farms totaled 97 million eggs in March 2002, down 1 percent from the same month a year earlier. The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 3.88 million, was down 7 percent from March 2001, while the rate of lay was up 6 percent to 25.03 eggs per layer.

Laying flocks in the United States produced 7.41 billion eggs during March 2002, up 1 percent from the the previous March. An indication of future egg supply, chicks hatched in the U.S. during March for the purpose of egg production totaled 36.7 million, down 10 percent from March 2001. Eggs in incubators on April 1, 2002 totaled 32.8 million, down 11 percent from the April 1, 2001 total.

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