Monthly dairy cull cow marketing is the highest since August 2023.

Here's Progressive Dairy’s look ahead at important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions, as well as other information impacting your milk check in April.

Sudden loss of appetite; decreased milk production; thicker, concentrated, colostrumlike milk; a drop in rumen motility; abnormal tacky or loose feces; and fever are clinical signs reported thus far of an unidentified illness affecting dairy cows in the Southwest. Cases of this contagious illness were first reported several weeks ago in Texas.

Year-over-year U.S. milk production was up 2.2% in the February USDA report. However, with February 2024 containing an extra day due to “leap year,” the adjusted number is closer to -1.1% on a daily basis.

Here’s an update on economic factors impacting your dairy’s financial picture.

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of February 2024 FMMO data to provide some additional transparency to your milk check.

Here is a quick look at dairy-related news from last week.

January U.S. dairy export values revealed a listless start to 2024. But it is not all pessimism, as shredded cheese continues to bring encouragement to the marketplace. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot look at dairy-related export categories.

Agricultural stakeholders are applauding a ruling made March 6 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).