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New York milk producer prices edge down from prior month

Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month as pricing pressures continued. New York dairy farms in August were paid an average of $25.90 per hundredweight of milk in August, down 3 percent from $26.70 in July, but up 42.3 percent from the $18.20 average in August 2021. […]

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Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month as pricing pressures continued.

New York dairy farms in August were paid an average of $25.90 per hundredweight of milk in August, down 3 percent from $26.70 in July, but up 42.3 percent from the $18.20 average in August 2021.

The data is from the monthly milk-production report that the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued on Oct. 20.

New York dairy farms produced 1.284 billion pounds of milk in September, up 2.2 percent from 1.256 billion pounds in the year-earlier month. Milk production per cow in the Empire State averaged 2,055 pounds in the ninth month of the year, up 2.75 percent from 2,000 pounds in September 2021. The number of milk cows on farms in New York totaled 625,000 head this September, down 0.5 percent from 628,000 head in the year-ago month, NASS reported.

Jornal Staff