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September’s Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) advanced Class I base price will hit a six-month low, while likely escalating producer irritation over the 2019 “Class I mover” formula change.
American Dairy Coalition (ADC), a grassroots dairy farmer-led organization, has been engaging farmers and industry in discussion of the future of milk pricing since 2020.
Increased U.S. processing capacity, a prolonged period of price competitiveness and growth in demand from the largest U.S. markets are all contributing to a boom in U.S. cheese exports, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC).
Record-high milk prices again offset higher feed costs in May, improving monthly dairy producer milk income over feed cost (IOFC) margins calculated under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
It seems that every publication, podcast or industry meeting now has sustainability at center stage. Experts in global sustainability have suddenly emerged to educate everyone on what needs to be done.
Declining fluid milk sales and Class III-IV milk price relationships that incentivize depooling are cutting into the percentage of U.S. milk production marketed through the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system.
Monthly U.S. milk production was below year-ago levels for a fifth consecutive month in May, with slow growth in milk per cow and cow numbers well below last year’s peak.
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