New York dairy farms produced 1.26 billion pounds of milk in October, up 1.8 percent from 1.24 billion pounds in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Production per cow in the state averaged 2,015 pounds in October, up 1 percent from 1,995 pounds a year prior. The number of milk cows […]
New York dairy farms produced 1.26 billion pounds of milk in October, up 1.8 percent from 1.24 billion pounds in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Production per cow in the state averaged 2,015 pounds in October, up 1 percent from 1,995 pounds a year prior.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 626,000 head in October, up 0.8 percent from 621,000 head in October 2018, NASS reported.
On the milk price front, New York farmers in September were paid an average of $19.40 per hundredweight, up 30 cents from August, and up $2.30 from September 2018.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 827 million pounds of milk in October, down 3.5 percent from 857 million pounds a year before, according to the USDA.
