Already the longest hearing in USDA history, the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Pricing Formula Hearing still has one week to go. The hearing is in recess during the week of Jan. 22 and will resume at 8 a.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29 at the 502 Event Center in Carmel, Indiana.

South Dakota State University (SDSU) made a difficult decision this week to shut down its Dairy Research and Training Facility by the end of June, citing a lack of funding to upgrade the aging facility.

Here’s an update on news impacting your dairy during the third week of January 2024.

Here’s an update on economic factors impacting your dairy profitability during the third week of January 2024.

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

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and Crop Production reports identify milk and feed factors potentially impacting dairy producer income in the year ahead.

November 2023 U.S. agricultural export numbers revealed higher sales volumes of cheese, high-protein whey, dairy heifers and hay.

Milk checks for December milk production will reflect lower Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) milk class prices.