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January report on dairy cows culled for beef

Dairy cull cows marketed through U.S. slaughter plants in January lowest since 2010.

February 24, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Dairy cull cows marketed through U.S. slaughter plants in January lowest since 2010.

Milk production higher to start 2025

January U.S. milk production increased from December and is up about 0.1% from USDA’s estimates a year earlier.

February 24, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Fourteen states including Texas, Idaho, New York and South Dakota boosted milk production a combined 306 million pounds in January.

February 2025 USDA Feed Outlook report

February 24, 2025

Abigail George

The February Feed Outlook report shows no changes to the 2024-25 U.S. corn supply and demand outlook this month. Corn cash prices are rising in tandem with strong demand for U.S. corn. Consequently, the average 2024-25 corn price is projected 10 cents higher at $4.35 per bushel.

Predicted $4.35 per bushel corn for 2025

February 19, 2025

Abigail George

The February World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) showed this month’s 2024-25 U.S. corn supply and use outlook is unchanged from last month. The projected season-average farm price is raised 10 cents to $4.35 per bushel.

February WASDE report forecasts reduced milk production due to lower cow inventories

The milk production forecast for 2025 is reduced due to lower expected cow inventories, and milk and dairy product price forecasts reflect the updated price formulas of the Federal Milk Marketing Order.

February 12, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

Mexican borders reopen with stringent inspections in place; beef exports see lower volumes, higher values

February 11, 2025

Carrie Veselka

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced in early February that the U.S. is resuming cattle and bison imports from Mexico.

Historic $8.2 billion in U.S. dairy exports reported in 2024

U.S. dairy export year-to-date value was up 2% in December to finish the year at $8.2 billion, the second-highest value on record.

February 7, 2025

Jenn Coyne

Notable declines in both December and fourth-quarter year-over-year U.S. dairy export volumes at 1.9% and 5%, respectively, brought 2024 to a close. While falls in nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NFDM/SMP) were mostly to blame, there was still enough to celebrate in 2024 as export value rose to its second-highest value ever, and cheese exports in December posted their 12th consecutive year-over-year gain. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot look at dairy-related export categories.

December rounds out 2024 with no DMC payment

Margins held on for the last month of 2024 as December’s milk price and feed costs largely offset each other for a DMC margin of $13.38 per hundredweight.

January 31, 2025

Jenn Coyne

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its Agricultural Prices report Jan. 31, 2025, which includes feed costs used to calculate the December 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program margins and indemnity payments. December’s margin came in at $13.38 per hundredweight (cwt), concluding a year of mostly confident margins for dairy producers.