Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $20.30 per hundredweight of milk sold during August, up 10 cents from July and $1.70 more than in August 2012.
That’s according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.
The field office also reported prices for other products. Grain corn, at $6.54 per bushel in August, was down 13 cents from July and $1.49 below the August 2012 price. Hay averaged $152 per ton in August, down $3 from July, but up $15 from August 2012, the field office reported.
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