New York dairy farmers produced 1.279 billion pounds of milk in June, up 0.2 percent from 1.277 billion pounds in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Production per cow in the state averaged 2,040 pounds in June, down 0.5 percent from 2,050 pounds a year earlier. The number of […]
New York dairy farmers produced 1.279 billion pounds of milk in June, up 0.2 percent from 1.277 billion pounds in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Production per cow in the state averaged 2,040 pounds in June, down 0.5 percent from 2,050 pounds a year earlier.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 627,000 head in June, up 0.6 percent from 623,000 head in June 2018, NASS reported.
On the milk price front, New York farmers in May were paid an average of $18.40 per hundredweight, up 20 cents from April, and up $2 from May 2018.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 838 million pounds of milk in June, down 6.5 percent from 896 million pounds a year prior, according to the USDA.
