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NEW YORK CROP

AND LIVESTOCK REPORT REPORT

 

Released:  June 2005

Monthly

No. 973-6-05

 

NEW YORK WINTER WHEAT CROP DOWN 2 PERCENT FROM MAY 1

 

Production  of  winter  wheat  in  New  York  is  forecast  at  5.87  million  bushels,  down  2  percent  from  May  1,  but  11  percent   above  last  year.   Area  for  grain  harvest  is  unchanged  from  May  1  at  115,000  acres.  Yields  are  now  expected  to  average  51.0  bushels  per  acre,  down  1.0  bushels  from  the  May  1  forecast   and   2.0  bushels  from  last  year.

 

Crop Report Summary, June 1, 2005, with Comparisons

 

 

 

NEW YORK MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION DOWN 13 PERCENT

 

New York maple syrup 2005 production decreased by 13% from 2004. Syrup production is estimated at 222,000 gallons, down from 255,000 gallons produced in 2004. Only two states, Vermont and Maine, produced more syrup.

 

The number of taps, 1.42 million, increased 5% from the 1.35 million last year. Syrup produced per tap averaged .156 gallons, down from .190 gallons in 2004.

 

New York did not receive the most ideal fluctuation in temperatures that would be suitable for good sap flow.  However, sugar content and sap quality was high across the State. Some maple producers experienced fighting waist-high snow and bone-chilling temperatures to drill lines in the maple trees.  Temperatures began as too frigid for ideal sap flow.  Some producers were able to enjoy a good run of sap between the short period of March 20 through a few days after Easter.  The thaw that sends the sap flowing was late to arrive and the warm nights that signal an end to the sap followed all to quickly.  The season was considerably shorter than the average of 4 to 6 weeks.

 

Western New York producers reported average production while Central, Northern and Eastern New York production was down from last year.  Overall, producers in the West were satisfied with the quality and quantity of syrup produced.  Producers in the Eastern part of the State were reporting 50 percent or less of their average. In Northern New York, producers were reporting production of 30 percent behind last year. Upper Hudson Valley maple producers reported production from 50 to 65 percent of what was expected.

 

The 2005 U.S. maple syrup production totaled 1.24 million gallons, down 18 percent from last year’s production of 1.51 million gallons.  The number of taps is estimated at 7.10 million, up 2 percent from the 2004 total of 6.96 million, while the yield per tap is estimated to be 0.175 gallons, down 19 percent from 2004. 

 

 

MAPLE SYRUP:  Production, Price, and Value by State and United States 1/

 

 

Total cheese production in New York, excluding cottage cheese, was 700 million pounds in 2004, down slightly from 2003. Italian cheese, which accounted for 54 percent of New York’s total cheese output, was down
 5 percent.

Nationally, total cheese output for 2004 was 8.9 billion pounds (excluding cottage cheese), up 4 percent from a year earlier. Wisconsin remained the leading state with 27 percent of the total, followed by California (22 percent), and Idaho (8 percent). New York was the 4^th leading state for total cheese production with just under 8 percent of the national total.

 

 

 

Manufactured Dairy Products, New York and United States, 2003-2004