Update highlights

• February 2023 Class I base price on the move again
• December cull dairy cow marketing higher
• Inflation hit dairy aisle in 2022
• November fluid sales stayed on trend
• GDT index dipped
• Coming up

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

• 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

Dairy heifer and hay export volumes were weaker in November.

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.

Progressive Dairy summarizes issues in the news and attempts to describe how they might affect dairy farmers.

Digest highlights

• IDFA: Milk, dairy cuts would result in lower WIC participation
• Dairy margins ended December weaker
• Scott elected House Ag Committee ranking member
• Fill a Glass with Hope to launch on Jan. 6

December Federal Milk Marketing Order Class II, III and IV milk prices will be announced Jan. 5.

• January 2023 Class I base price lower
• USDA awards dairy export funding
• November cull cow marketing mixed
• Butter inventories continue to shrink