ALBANY – Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday thanked all the people who make New York’s dairy industry such an important sector of the state’s economy in celebration of Dairy Month in New York State and across the country.
As the State’s leading agricultural sector, dairy accounts for approximately one-half of the state’s total agricultural income. New York is the third leading producer of milk in the country and also the largest producer of yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese in the nation.
New York accounts for 6.7 percent of national milk production and, according to the governor, the state’s dairy industry had an economic output of $14.8 billion in 2011.
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