Cow numbers are up but may be turning the corner downward.

Here’s an update on risk management tools available through the USDA and/or USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), as well as other information impacting your milk check.

With a pre-hearing informational session held on June 16, the schedule for potential modernization of the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system moves forward.

It’s not a playground, but FMMO prices teeter pooling totals.

Three Midwest Senate Ag Committee members urged adjustments to the Dairy Margin Coverage program.

The most memorable, widespread concern over milk dumping occurred during the early COVID-19 outbreak, which affected milk demand and plant capacity to process it.

On a milk solids equivalent, April 2023 dairy product exports had their worst year-over-year decline in four years.

Projected beef prices continue to move higher.

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.

Not all of the dairy economic news is cloudy: The U.S. dairy industry grew significantly over the past two years, adding jobs, increasing wages and boosting its total impact on the U.S. economy.