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.

High summer culling rates are helping kick off better milk prices this fall.

Farming is not just a job. It is a way of life. Unfortunately, many dangers are associated with this vocation. Individuals on farms are exposed to a host of mechanical and environmental hazards every day that increase risk of injury or death.

Despite weakening milk prices this summer, U.S. average prices for replacement cows moved higher, while strong beef prices continued to push market cow prices to an eight-year high.

DMC indemnity payments will surpass income margins for many dairy producers.

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.

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.

Not all of the dairy economic news is cloudy: The U.S. dairy industry grew significantly over the past two years, adding jobs, increasing wages and boosting its total impact on the U.S. economy.

The April 2023 margin continues to be what looks like a lengthy stretch of high indemnity payments into July-August.