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Dairy risk management calendar: February 2023

Progressive Dairy provides monthly online updates of important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.

January 23, 2023

Dave Natzke

The end of January brings the enrollment deadline for the 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program and milk production data to settle fourth-quarter 2022 Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) policies.

Meet the influential people in dairy

Progressive Dairy readers share reflections of those people who helped shape their lives, careers and dairy farms.

January 19, 2023

In the social media world, “influencer” has become a term used to describe someone who can sway a target audience, often measured by the number of their “followers.” We took a broader, perhaps “old-school” approach, seeking individuals who personally shape, engage, motivate and inspire others, creating a positive impact locally, regionally and/or nationally.

December FMMO uniform prices down as Class IV pooling remains low

Here is Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of the numbers to provide some additional transparency on your milk check.

January 13, 2023

Dave Natzke

Class IV pooling across all FMMOs represented about 8% of the total milk pooled. It was the 10th month in 2022 that Class IV pooling was below 10% of total milk pooled.

USDA reduces 2022-23 milk production, price projections

December hay inventories are the lowest since 1954.

January 12, 2023

Dave Natzke

The USDA’s January World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports provide production and price forecasts.

Weekly Digest: SMI closes RO balancing plant

January 11, 2023

Dave Natzke

Digest highlights

SMI closes RO balancing plant
California overtime pay required
Lower annual average fuel prices forecast
FDA to continue infant formula enforcement discretion
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative unveils policy priorities
Coming up: December FMMO recap
Other news, briefly

U.S. dairy product exports ending 2022 strong

January 10, 2023

Dave Natzke

Dairy heifer and hay export volumes were weaker in November.

December FMMO Class III-IV prices lower

January 9, 2023

Dave Natzke

The spread between December Class IV and Class III FMMO milk prices tightened.

Cell-based meat and dairy versus natural self-replicating bioreactors

Recent technical and economic reports show that culture-based animal products are a long way off from outcompeting animal agriculture – and may never be possible at all for some products.

January 6, 2023

Mallory Embree

In the past decade, we've watched laboratory-grown protein sources increase in prevalence, with marketing that positions them as an alternative to animal protein using ethical, environmental or health concerns.