New York milk production edges up in August

New York dairy farms produced 1.3 billion pounds of milk in August, up 0.3 percent from 1.296 billion pounds in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,070 pounds in August, the same amount as a year prior.

The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 628,000 head in August, up 0.3 percent from 626,000 head in August 2020, NASS reported.

Milk prices were slightly lower in the latest report. New York dairy farmers in July were paid an average of $18.10 per hundredweight, down 20 cents from June, and off 40 cents from July 2020.