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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Morse
Monday, December 3, 2007
NOVEMBER MILK PRICES DECREASED FROM OCTOBER
Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during November decreased from a month earlier, according to Steve Ropel, Director of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Office. The price of corn, oats, and apples also decreased. The price of potatoes, hay, and eggs increased. Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales information.
Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $22.20 per hundredweight of milk sold during November, 20 cents less than October but $8.00 more than November a year ago. Poultry producers received an average of $1.25 per dozen eggs sold, up 43 cents from October and 56 cents higher than last year.
Grain corn, at $3.65 per bushel, was down 2 cents from October but increased 87 cents from last year. Hay averaged $117.00 per ton, up $1.00 from October but $14.00 less than November 2006. Potatoes, at $12.30 per hundredweight, increased 60 cents from last month but decreased 20 cents from November 2006. Fresh Apples at the packing house door were 34 cents per pound, 1 cent less than last year at this time. Oats, at $2.05 per bushel, decreased 16 cents from October but increased 72 cents from November a year ago.
The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in November, at 143 percent, based on 1990-92=100, increased 2 points (1.4 percent) from October. The Crop Index is up 2 points (1.4 percent) and the Livestock Index increased 3 points (2.3 percent). Producers received higher commodity prices for soybeans, eggs, corn, and broilers and lower prices were received for lettuce, hogs, cattle, and broccoli. The overall index is also affected by the seasonal change based on a 3-year average mix of commodities producers sell. Increased average marketings of milk, cattle, cotton, and cottonseed offset decreased marketings of soybeans, peanuts, potatoes, and lettuce. The information in this release is available by free email subscription by subscribing to New York reports at www.nass.usda.gov/ny.
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