Milk prices declined and feed costs continued to rise in July, cutting into monthly dairy producer milk income over feed cost margins calculated under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.

A widening gap in August Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Class IV and Class milk prices ensures there’s even more incentive to depool Class IV milk.

• 2022 U.S. dairy export outlook surges over $9 billion
• EPA moving forward on PFAS ‘Superfund’ proposal
• DMI publishes 2021 annual report
• USDA launching 2022 Census of Agriculture 

Digest highlights

• Ag loan interest rates move higher
• GDT product prices mixed
• FSA increases LIP payments for young dairy, beef cattle
• DFA, Pizza Hut partnering on sustainability project
• Northeast DBIC offers dairy funding

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy podcast, host Kimmi Devaney visits with Washington dairy farmer Krista Stauffer about her journey in sharing her story online, the challenges of starting a dairy farm in 2009, how advocacy impacts mental health, what she’s learned about managing employees, how Washington’s agriculture overtime law has affected their farm and more.