New York dairy farms produced nearly 1.22 billion pounds of milk in February, up 5.5 percent from more than 1.15 billion pounds in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Production per cow in the state averaged 1,945 pounds in February, up 5.7 percent from 1,840 pounds a year prior. […]
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New York dairy farms produced nearly 1.22 billion pounds of milk in February, up 5.5 percent from more than 1.15 billion pounds in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Production per cow in the state averaged 1,945 pounds in February, up 5.7 percent from 1,840 pounds a year prior.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 626,000 head in February, down slightly from 627,000 head in February 2019, NASS reported.
On the milk-price front, New York farmers in January were paid an average of $19.80 per hundredweight, down 70 cents from December, but $2.30 higher than prices in January 2019.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 833 million pounds of milk in February, up 3.7 percent from 803 million pounds a year before, according to the USDA.