New York dairy farms produced more than 1.35 billion pounds of milk in May, up 4.2 percent from just under 1.3 billion pounds in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,155 pounds in May, up nearly 3.9 percent from 2,075 pounds […]
New York dairy farms produced more than 1.35 billion pounds of milk in May, up 4.2 percent from just under 1.3 billion pounds in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,155 pounds in May, up nearly 3.9 percent from 2,075 pounds a year ago.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 628,000 head in May, up slightly from 626,000 head in May 2020, NASS reported.
On the milk-price front, New York dairy farmers in April were paid an average of $18.30 per hundredweight, up 40 cents from March, and $3.60 higher than in April 2020.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 893 million pounds of milk in May, up 1.8 percent from a year ago.