Struggling cheese and protein prices weakened the Class III price, offsetting strong butterfat and Class IV prices and widening the Class III-IV price spread, adding substantial Class IV depooling incentives.

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its latest Ag Prices report on Oct. 31, including factors used to calculate September 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) margins and indemnity payments.

Here is a brief look at the news affecting dairy producers as October 2023 comes to a close.

USDA organic dairy programs, production data collection and risk management support would increase under a bill introduced in the Senate.

Contributing to the smaller milking herd, about 2.38 million head of dairy cull cows were marketed through U.S. slaughter plants during January-September 2023, up about 101,500 from the same period in 2022.

Here is a brief look at the news affecting dairy producers during the third week of October 2023.

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of September FMMO data to provide some additional transparency to your milk check.

Georgia currently has two fluid milk processors in Atlanta and Lawrenceville. Those two processors only use a portion of the state's growing milk production.

With congressional failure to approve a 2023 Farm Bill, new milk supply contracts under the Dairy Forward Pricing Program are no longer authorized.