With a federal government shutdown possible, October’s dairy risk management calendar has the potential to be scarier than Halloween.

The Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to maintain the interest rate for federal funds at 5.5%.

Dairy producers who dumped milk due to weather-related disasters in 2020, 2021 and 2022 may be eligible for financial assistance.

The four-month decline in U.S. cow numbers may have come to a halt.

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

DMC margins are expected to improve through the end of 2023, but current futures prices indicate indemnity payments at top coverage levels are likely in 10 of 12 months.

From this week's USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports to Rabobank's quarterly Global Dairy update, Progressive Dairy summarizes factors potentially impacting dairy producer income.

Although MLP support is targeted for individual producers, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is urging cooperatives that spread losses across their membership to inquire about eligibility.