New York dairy farms produced 1.283 billion pounds of milk in June, up 0.3 percent from 1.279 billion pounds in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Production per cow in the state averaged 2,050 pounds in June, up slightly from 2,040 pounds a year ago. The number of milk […]
New York dairy farms produced 1.283 billion pounds of milk in June, up 0.3 percent from 1.279 billion pounds in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Production per cow in the state averaged 2,050 pounds in June, up slightly from 2,040 pounds a year ago.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 626,000 head in June, compared to 627,000 head in June 2019, NASS reported.
On the milk-price front, New York dairy farmers in May were paid an average of $13.30 per hundredweight, down $1.40 from April, and off $5.10 from May 2019. May’s price data reflected the second full month of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, which hurt milk demand as many restaurants, schools, and workplaces closed or operated at limited capacity.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 856 million pounds of milk in June, up 1.5 percent from 843 million pounds a year earlier, according to the USDA.
