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Weekly Digest: 2022 DMC sign-up deadline nears

February 1, 2022
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • 2022 DMC enrollment deadline nears
  • IDFA releases FMMO study report
  • USDA funding ‘pop-up’ site to boost dairy, ag exports
  • IDFA: Dairy Exporter Working Group formed
  • GDT price index up again
  • Input costs and availability weigh down producer sentiment
  • October 2021 mailbox, all-milk price spread increased

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Weekly Digest: PMVAP payments being released

January 26, 2022
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • PMVAP payments being released
  • FMMO hearing process explained
  • Emergency measures designed to address North Dakota milk trucking shortages
  • Livestock Forage Disaster Program application period closes Jan. 31
  • Taco Bell unveils dairy-based beverage

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Weekly Digest: Hay stocks third lowest since 1977

January 19, 2022
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • Hay stocks third lowest since 1977
  • GDT price index jumps
  • Organic Valley adding organic dairies in Northeast
  • December retail dairy sales mixed
  • November 2021 fluid sales reviewed
  • World Dairy Expo accepting nominations for 2022 awards

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Weekly Digest: Higher milk prices ahead

January 12, 2022
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • USDA milk production forecast steady, price outlook improves
  • California QIP petitions filed
  • Northeast organic partnership launched
  • November 2021 butter, powder output lower
  • USDA buys milk

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Weekly Digest: 47% of dairy cows still in ‘drought areas’

January 7, 2022
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • 47% of dairy cows still in ‘drought areas’
  • December Class IV milk price hits $19.88 per cwt
  • Dairy margins end December stronger
  • USDA boosts school meal reimbursement levels

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Weekly Digest: DMC reminder is mailed

December 29, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • DMC reminder: It’s in the mail
  • January 2022 Class I base price moves to 13-month high
  • Dairy cull cow slaughter slows
  • USDA seeks string cheese

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Weekly Digest: Vilsack says consensus needed on potential FMMO reforms

December 21, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • Vilsack says consensus needed on potential FMMO reforms
  • Danone extending Northeast organic contracts until February 2023
  • Canada issues dairy threat over BBB Act electric car provision
  • Amp Americas expands Idaho, Indiana dairy RNG assets
  • High Plains Ponderosa, Shell to create RNG facility in Kansas
  • Saputo Dairy adding solar power to California plant
  • Fluid milk processor board nominees sought
  • North Carolina offers dairy assistance payments
  • USDA to conduct study about agricultural producers
  • And in other news …

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Weekly Digest: USDA milk production forecast reduced, price projections rise

December 13, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • USDA milk production forecast reduced, price projections rise
  • DFA to close one of two Nashville facilities
  • PMVAP payments possible in January
  • USDA mailing pre-census survey
  • And in other news …

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Weekly Digest: 2021 DMC payments top $1.1 billion

December 7, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • 2021 DMC payments top $1.1 billion
  • DFA regional brands donating 2 million servings of milk
  • MMPA to acquire Superior Dairy
  • Land O’Lakes seeks to quell butter supply chain concerns
  • FMCSA extends COVID-19 emergency exemption
  • World Dairy Expo seeks new general manager
  • USDA buys nonfat dry milk, cheese
  • Input costs, policy changes weigh on producer sentiment
  • GDT price index keeps rising
  • And in other news …

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Weekly Digest: USDA denies Class I exemption request

November 30, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • USDA denies Class I exemption request
  • Vitaliano: Production shift taking on historical perspective
  • Lactalis closes acquisition of U.S. Kraft Heinz natural cheese business
  • Dairy cull cow slaughter steady
  • U.S. dairy export outlook improves
  • August 2021 mailbox, all-milk price spread narrows
  • Kansas seeks Supreme Court review of ag facility protection act

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