NY Dairy Impact Quick Statistics

1. New York Dairy’s Community Contribution
   • A dairy with 1,000 cows has an economic impact of $13.7 million on its community each year. Every dollar spent by a dairy generates another $2.50 in local economic activity.
2. New York’s Signature Industry
   • Milk sales are over half of all NY agriculture sales.
     • Total Value of Agricultural Products Sold = $4.7 billion
     • Milk Sales = $1.7 billion
3. New York Dairy Products
   • New York has 112 dairy plants, which is 10 percent of the nation’s plants.
   • These plants make nearly 716 million pounds of cheese, 171 million pounds of cottage cheese, 15 million pounds of butter, 225 million pounds of yogurt and 37 million gallons of ice cream.
4. New York Cheese Production
   • New York ranks fourth in the nation for cheese production. The most popular varieties are mozzarella and cheddar. The state also leads the nation in cottage cheese production, producing a quarter of national production.
5. Agriculture is Good Business for New York State
   • NY ranks third in the nation for Milk Production
   • NY ranks in the top five for corn silage, apples, tart cherries, pears, grapes, fresh cabbage, cauliflower, fresh snap beans, squash, fresh sweet corn, and maple.
6. New York Agricultural Land Use
   • About 23 percent of the state’s land area, or 7.1 million acres, are used by 36,600 farms.
7. New York Dairies
   • New York’s has 5,400 farms with 619,000 cows that produce 12.4 billion pounds of milk.
8. New York Farm Size
   • Average farm size in NY is 113 cows, producing 20,071 pounds of milk per year.