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December 2024 FMMO uniform milk prices decline

FMMO marketing area uniform milk prices declined in December, in most cases dropping by more than $1 per cwt from November. Weaker milk class prices and Class IV depooling played a role.

January 15, 2025

Dave Natzke

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of December 2024 FMMO data to provide some additional transparency to your milk check.

December WASDE report forecasts lower milk production

The milk production forecast for 2024 is lowered from last month, with lower milk cow inventories and lower expected milk per cow based on the most recent Milk Production report.

January 15, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

2024 has laid the groundwork for a promising new year in U.S. dairy exports

U.S. dairy exports forged ahead in 2024 in part due to the fostering of key partnerships. Those relations take years to establish and set the stage for the industry’s future.

January 7, 2025

Jenn Coyne

Last year marked an unexpected, yet fulfilling, time for U.S. dairy exports as demand for U.S. product soared in 2024, reaching record levels. Such success is due in part to established and emerging global markets for U.S. dairy.

November 2024 FMMO uniform milk prices remain fluid

FMMO marketing areas with high Class I utilization posted small uniform milk price increases in November. Elsewhere, a weaker Class III milk price and Class IV milk depooling brought uniform prices down.

December 16, 2024

Dave Natzke

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of November 2024 FMMO data to provide some additional transparency to your milk check.

Weekly Digest: Federal committee upholds dairy dietary guidelines

Climate-smart incentives offered while farm income falls for 2024.

December 12, 2024

Karen Lee

In the news as we approach the middle of December, a federal committee upholds dairy dietary guidelines, dairy farmers are invited to apply for financial incentives to implement climate-smart practices, farm income falls $41 billion in two years, and the first HPAI-positive dairy case is found in Nevada.

USDA projections highlight increased milk production

Milk production forecasts for 2024 are raised from last month on higher milk cow numbers.

December 11, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

Cheese and butter consumption hits all-time high in 2023

USDA data show American dairy per capita consumption across products consistently increasing each year, with 2023 up 3% over the past five years, 9% over the past 15 years and 16% over the past 30 years.

December 3, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

In the past decade alone, domestic per-capita consumption of cheese is up 19% and per-capita butter consumption is up 18.1%.

Weekly Digest: September fluid milk sales fall by 1.6%

President-elect Trump nominates Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA.

December 2, 2024

Karen Lee

Here is what is happening in dairy-related news as we start the final month of the year: Fluid milk sales declined in September, Trump nominates Brooke Rollins for secretary of agriculture, Holstein updates pedigrees with slick gene label, and new dairy innovations are promoted.

Economic Update: Class I base price falls for December

November 21, 2024

Dave Natzke and Karen Lee

Here is a look at news affecting a dairy producer's bottom line: Class I base price falls for December, GDT index up 1.9%, USDA extends application deadline for Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance until Dec. 13, and SNAP Healthy Fluid Milk Incentive program expands to 1,150 stores in 32 states by 2025.

Price and pooling factors weigh on October FMMO uniform milk prices

An uptick in the Class I milk price supported uniform prices in high fluid utilization areas, but producers in other regions may feel the impact of lower Class II-III-IV milk prices and negative PPDs on their milk checks.

November 15, 2024

Dave Natzke

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of October 2024 FMMO data to provide some additional transparency to your milk check.

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December 2024 FMMO uniform milk prices decline

December WASDE report forecasts lower milk production

2024 has laid the groundwork for a promising new year in U.S. dairy exports

November 2024 FMMO uniform milk prices remain fluid

Weekly Digest: Federal committee upholds dairy dietary guidelines

USDA projections highlight increased milk production

Cheese and butter consumption hits all-time high in 2023

Weekly Digest: September fluid milk sales fall by 1.6%

Economic Update: Class I base price falls for December

Price and pooling factors weigh on October FMMO uniform milk prices

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