Idaho’s dairy industry increased milk production by 5.3 percent in July, a rate that enabled the state to surpass New York as the nation’s third leading milk producer.
But that’s not all the good news for Idaho’s dairy farmers. Industry officials say milk prices are rebounding slowly after suffering significant declines in 2009. Producers say they are fetching prices of $15 per hundredweight, closer to the break-even point and up from the $11 per hundredweight paid in 2009.
Still, state dairy officials are urging caution to producers considering production increases.
Figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show July milk production in Idaho totaled 1.12 billion pounds, up 5.2 percent from July 2009 and a four percent increase compared to June 2010.
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