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

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

The enrollment period for 2023 DMC and Supplemental DMC programs closes on Jan. 31.

Controversy has surrounded Clean Water Act regulatory efforts for decades.

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

Digest highlights

• USTR to press for Canadian USMCA dairy compliance
• Canadian dairy farmers to receive fourth DDPP payment
• Fed raises interest rates
• GDT index falls
• 2022 Census of Agriculture response deadline is Feb. 6, 2023
• Other news, briefly

Just 424 out of nearly 3.7 million milk samples tested positive for animal drug residues in the FDA’s annual analysis. Those samples testing positive were rejected for human consumption. That works out to be only one out of every 8,702 samples.