Gains made across all categories helped U.S. dairy exports post a 9.6% year-over-year rise in milk solids equivalent in July. The month’s success set the tone for an optimistic second half of the year. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot view of dairy-related export categories.

Analysts at Rabobank are expecting supply from the seven major milk-producing regions of the world to increase modestly over the second half of 2024 due to recent improvements in milk prices and cheaper feed.

In economic news this week: U.S. exporters’ secure rights to use common food names in Chilean market. Global dairy trade, FSA interest rates and farmer sentiment shift downward, and the USDA launched an online debt consolidation tool.

To date in 2024, total dairy exports are valued at $5.9 billion with the fiscal year-end forecast at $8 billion.

Healthy growths in cheese and whey sales buoyed U.S. dairy product exports in June as nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder, lactose and milk protein concentrates took hits. At the midpoint of 2024, U.S. dairy product exports were down 1.7% in milk solids equivalent. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot view at dairy-related export categories.

The latest trade reports reveal another month of poor markets with U.S. dairy product exports slipping 5% from the modest growth seen in April. Despite concerns for the relatively flat U.S. dairy export performance in 2024, cheese continues to impress. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot view at dairy-related export categories.

Better whey and butterfat product exports, along with the ever-growing cheese category, helped settle U.S. dairy product exports at a 3% rise in April, marking the second month of the year to record growth. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot view at dairy-related export categories.

Here is a look at news affecting your dairy's bottom line before the Memorial Day weekend.

Despite climbing U.S. cheese shipments in March, U.S. dairy exports fell into the red with a 7% slip from a strong year-over-year performance in February. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot view at dairy-related export categories.

Here is a summary of the latest news affecting your dairy operation's bottom line for early May.