milk prices

Dairy prices are on the way up. "It's been very interesting in dairy as we continue to raise our expectations for product prices and therefore for milk prices by class and the all milk price," noted USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer. Despite the increase he acknowledged dairy farmers still face challenges ...

Data from the USDA shows the number of licensed dairy operators in the United States continues to decline. USDA’s Milk Production report showed the fourth-largest year-over-year decline in the number of licensed dairy operations in the last 15 years. The ...

2020 was a difficult year for the Washington Dairy Industry. Not only did producers deal with the pandemic and supply chain disruptions, but the then came the November Supreme Court ruling on the Ag overtime exemption. Washington Dairy Federation Communications director, Scott Dilley, said things are tough on dairy farmers right now, because milk prices are not great and typically, and producers

The 2018 Farm Bill modified milk pricing rules to facilitate improved risk management for beverage milk processors, cooperatives and dairy farmers. While the goal of improving risk management was achieved, American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist John Newton says the change cost dairy farmers millions ...

A volatile dairy market has left Washington producers feeling like they're riding a roller-coaster since the pandemic began back in March. Washington State Dairy Federation Policy Director Jay Gordon said thankfully the international market has remained fairly healthy, even when U ...

Milk per cow pretty strong, nationwide, according to USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski. The latest USDA Milk Production Report puts July's national milk per cow averaging 1,994 pounds; 21 pounds higher than July of last year. The total production for this July is 18 ...

Earlier this week, the American Farm Bureau Federation released its final report, on priorities for milk pricing reform, calling for more democracy and a more equitable program for dairy farmers. AFBF Chief Economist John Newton said the policy recommendations follow a year-long review by a Farm Bureau working group ...

While a few, or perhaps even many, shelves at grocery stores across the country have been low during the coronavirus pandemic, " but if we look at the prices we weren't seeing big pricing," USDA Economist, Gianna Short, says the most recent Consumer Price Index which covers March, shows  a 0.4% d ...

What can the dairy industry expect in the coming year on the national level?   USDA analyst, Jerry Cessna, expects slow growth in milk production in 2020, at roughly 1.4%.  Cessna said despite more output, milk prices this year could be a little higher than they were in 2019.   “We shoul...

Acting World Ag Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski anticipates lower milk production in 2020.   "We reduced our milk production forecast by 400 million pounds and that's all reflecting lower milk-per-cow production growth,” he noted.  “We kept...