Improved working capital and equity positions in 2022 helped reduce the number of U.S. farms filing for Chapter 12 bankruptcy in 2023. There will likely be additional financial stressors in 2024.

Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) uniform milk prices slipped lower in January, a combination of lower Class I and Class III milk class prices and continued depooling of Class IV milk.

Here’s Progressive Forage’s monthly look at factors impacting hay markets across the U.S.

Here’s a summary of news impacting your dairy as we approach the middle of February 2024.

Here’s an update on news and economic factors impacting your dairy entering the first full week of February 2024.

Tightening cow and heifer numbers pushed average prices for U.S. replacement dairy cows to a nine-year high in January, according to latest USDA quarterly estimates.

The USDA’s semiannual estimate of cattle inventories indicates the number of dairy cows to start 2024 are the lowest in four years.

Here’s an update on economic factors impacting your dairy’s financial picture as we turn the calendar to February 2024.

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its latest Ag Prices report on Jan. 31, including factors used to calculate the December 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) margin.

The comment period deadline is Feb. 15 on the development of a potential U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule covering animal waste air emission reporting requirements.