The next step in a potential formal process to modernize the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system is next week, with a pricing-related proposal submission deadline of June 14.

Weakening Class III price, Class IV depooling will drive May uniform prices

The USDA is providing the opportunity for interested parties to submit additional proposals regarding potential amendments to the current pricing provisions applicable to all FMMOs.

With a USDA action deadline nearing, more dairy cooperatives and producer organizations have joined in support of a FMMO hearing and proposed reforms from the National Milk Producers Federation.

With the current academic year winding down, there’s no recess in the debate over flavored milk options served in school meal programs.

Based on Class III-IV milk futures prices, depooling incentives flip back to Class IV milk handlers in May and June.

The Coca-Cola Company will build a new $650 million fairlife production facility in Monroe County, New York.

March 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program indemnity payments will top $126 million, boosting payments for the first three months of the year to more than $305 million.

January 2023 average “mailbox” prices averaged about 82 cents per hundredweight (cwt) less than announced average “all-milk” prices for the same month.

NMPF will pursue two other components of its FMMO proposal outside of the federal order hearing process.