New York’s annual milk production falls in 2018

New York dairy farmers produced 14.9 billion pounds of milk last year, down 0.3 percent from 2017 production levels, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

Production per cow in the Empire State averaged 23,888 pounds in 2018. That was 37 pounds below a year ago, NASS said.

The average number of milk cows on farms in New York last year totaled 623,000 head, down 1,000 head from 2017.

Nationally, 2018 milk production totaled 218 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the year prior, the USDA reported. Annual total U.S. milk production has increased 15 percent from 2009.

New York dairy farmers produced 14.9 billion pounds of milk last year, down 0.3 percent from 2017 production levels, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

Production per cow in the Empire State averaged 23,888 pounds in 2018. That was 37 pounds below a year ago, NASS said.

The average number of milk cows on farms in New York last year totaled 623,000 head, down 1,000 head from 2017.

Nationally, 2018 milk production totaled 218 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the year prior, the USDA reported. Annual total U.S. milk production has increased 15 percent from 2009.