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New York milk producer prices barely higher than prior month, but still up over 37 percent from a year ago

Milk prices at the producer level in New York state stayed high in the latest month as inflationary pressures persisted. New York dairy farms in September were paid an average of $26 per hundredweight of milk in September, up slightly from $25.90 in August, but up 37.6 percent from the $18.90 average in September 2021. […]

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Milk prices at the producer level in New York state stayed high in the latest month as inflationary pressures persisted.

New York dairy farms in September were paid an average of $26 per hundredweight of milk in September, up slightly from $25.90 in August, but up 37.6 percent from the $18.90 average in September 2021.

The data is from the monthly milk-production report that the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued on Nov. 21.

New York dairy farms produced 1.309 billion pounds of milk in October, up 1.7 percent from 1.287 billion pounds in the year-ago month. Milk production per cow in the Empire State averaged 2,095 pounds in the 10th month of the year, up 2.2 percent from 2,050 pounds in October 2021. The number of milk cows on farms in New York totaled 625,000 head this October, down 0.5 percent from 628,000 head in the year-earlier month, NASS reported.

Jornal Staff