New York Ag Connection - NYS Red Meat Production Up 21 Percent from 2015

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NYS Red Meat Production Up 21 Percent from 2015
New York Ag Connection - 09/26/2016

Commercial red meat production for New York totaled 3.8 million pounds in August, up 21 percent from the 3.1 million pounds produced in August 2015, according to Blair Smith, state statistician of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.

Cattle slaughter totaled 3.2 thousand head, up 10 percent from August 2015. The average live weight was up 28 pounds from the previous year, at 1,190. Calf slaughter totaled 4,300 head, up 65 percent from August 2015. The average live weight was down 57 pounds from last year, at 136 pounds.

Hog slaughter totaled 6.0 thousand head, up 33 percent from August 2015. The average live weight was up 12 pounds from the previous year, at 243 pounds.

Sheep slaughter totaled 5.0 thousand head, 6 percent above last year. The average live weight was 102 pounds, down 3 pounds from August a year ago.

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