New York milk production rises nearly 3 percent in July

New York dairy farms produced almost 1.34 billion pounds of milk in July, up 2.8 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 2,120 pounds in July, up 2.2 percent from 2,075 pounds a year ago.

The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 630,000 head in July, up less than 1 percent from 626,000 head in July 2020, NASS reported.

Milk prices were mixed in the latest report. New York dairy farmers in June were paid an average of $18.30 per hundredweight, down 70 cents from May, but up $2.80 from June 2020.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 855 million pounds of milk in July, down 1.2 percent from a year earlier.