December Federal Milk Marketing Order Class II, III and IV milk prices will be announced Jan. 5.

• January 2023 Class I base price lower
• USDA awards dairy export funding
• November cull cow marketing mixed
• Butter inventories continue to shrink

Digest highlights

• USTR to press for Canadian USMCA dairy compliance
• Canadian dairy farmers to receive fourth DDPP payment
• Fed raises interest rates
• GDT index falls
• 2022 Census of Agriculture response deadline is Feb. 6, 2023
• Other news, briefly

• Two more dairy projects receive ‘climate-smart’ funding
• 13 named to National Dairy Board
• Thompson elected House Ag Committee chair
• Canada’s AAFC announces CUSMA dairy compensation
• Other news, briefly

Dairy heifer and hay export volumes were lower in October.

The USDA’s December World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports provide production and price forecasts.

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency has extended the 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) enrollment and coverage election period until Jan. 31, 2023. The program deadline was originally scheduled to close on Dec. 9, 2022.

Digest highlights

• Petition seeks higher transportation credits in southeastern U.S. FMMOs
• USDA publishes ‘cattle contracts library’ rule
• Other news, briefly

The Dairy Margin Coverage program October margin will be announced on Nov. 30. Check back with Progressive Dairy.