Total milk production in New York during 2007, at 12.1 billion pounds, increased slightly from 2006, according to Stephen Ropel, U.S. Agriculture Department National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field office director.

The annual average number of milk cows, at 627,000 head, decreased 1.7 percent from 2006. Annual output per cow averaged 19,303 pounds, a 2.2 percent increase from 2006.

Cash receipts from the sale of New York milk during 2007 totaled $2.4 billion, a 47.7 percent increase from 2006. The $19.70 per hundredweight received for all milk sold by New York farmers increased $6.30, or 47 percent, from the $13.40 received in 2006. Marketing totals include whole milk and producer-separated cream sold to plants and dealers as well as milk sold directly to consumers.

New York dairymen used 32 million pounds of milk on their farms during 2007, unchanged from 2006. About 93.7 percent of the milk used on farms was fed back to calves. T