With a federal government shutdown possible, October’s dairy risk management calendar has the potential to be scarier than Halloween.

A tight hay supply continues to elevate hay prices, especially when compared to softening grain prices. Thus, many cattle producers are looking at alternative feedstuffs instead of purchasing hay.

DMC margins are expected to improve through the end of 2023, but current futures prices indicate indemnity payments at top coverage levels are likely in 10 of 12 months.

From this week's USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports to Rabobank's quarterly Global Dairy update, Progressive Dairy summarizes factors potentially impacting dairy producer income.

The milk income over feed cost margin should have finally reached bottom in July.

Here’s an update on risk management tools available through the USDA and/or USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), as well as other information impacting your milk check.

Despite a better outlook for milk prices, corn and soybean meal price projections were also raised.

Have you ever found a good deal on a product, or an off-brand product, and hurried to make the purchase, only to have the item quickly break or underperform? We all like the idea of getting more for less. However, sometimes the deal isn’t worth the sacrifice in the long run.