New York dairy farms produced 1.32 billion pounds of milk in May, up 2.3 percent from the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Production per cow in the state averaged 2,120 pounds in May, up nearly 2 percent from 2,085 pounds a year prior.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 624,000 head in May, up 4,000 head from May 2016, NASS reported.
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The average milk price received by New York dairy farmers in April 2017 was $17.20 per hundredweight, down $1.40 from March, but up $1.10 from April a year ago.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 977 million pounds of milk in May, up 2.1 percent from a year earlier.
