That number is still below the national average for milk production per cow, which is 13,786 pounds.

It's more an indication that we don't need as many cows with production per cow rising.

Individual production per cow also dropped, to 1,105 pounds, down slightly from last year.

On the other hand, the milk yield per cow was higher in the private sector.

Robin found the average milk-yield for the area was about 33kg per cow daily.

It also cost about a dollar a day more per cow to feed them hay instead of grass.

The New York figures are slightly higher than the national average of milk per cow, 15,423 pounds.

But milk volume has remained high, largely because of increased production per cow on large farms.

It produces one to two pounds of meat per cow a day without fertilization.

Our herd average was 80 pounds of milk a day per cow last year.