Audrey Schmitz

March WASDE report forecasts reduced milk output per cow, higher cow inventories

The milk production forecast for 2025 is reduced on lower expected milk output per cow more than offsetting slightly higher cow inventories.

March 12, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

January report on dairy cows culled for beef

Dairy cull cows marketed through U.S. slaughter plants in January lowest since 2010.

February 24, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Dairy cull cows marketed through U.S. slaughter plants in January lowest since 2010.

Milk production higher to start 2025

January U.S. milk production increased from December and is up about 0.1% from USDA’s estimates a year earlier.

February 24, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Fourteen states including Texas, Idaho, New York and South Dakota boosted milk production a combined 306 million pounds in January.

February WASDE report forecasts reduced milk production due to lower cow inventories

The milk production forecast for 2025 is reduced due to lower expected cow inventories, and milk and dairy product price forecasts reflect the updated price formulas of the Federal Milk Marketing Order.

February 12, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

California dairy innovates with automated indoor feed mill

River Ranch Farms LLC leads sustainable dairy farming with an automated indoor feed mill producing sprouted grain fodder, reducing water use and enhancing operational efficiency.

February 7, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Known for its forward-thinking approach, River Ranch Farms LLC has embraced numerous innovations, from a biogas hub and solar fields to the recent development of an automated indoor feed mill. At the forefront is Forever Feed Technologies, a company that dairy producer Jack de Jong helped establish to explore the possibilities of sprouted grain feeding systems.

Replacement cow prices reach new high in 2025

Quarterly average prices in January hit a new all-time high of $2,660 per head according to estimates from the USDA.

February 6, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Quarterly average prices in January hit a new all-time high of $2,660 per head according to estimates from the USDA.

Milk production stayed on downward slope to end 2024

December U.S. milk production was up from November and down about 0.5% from the USDA’s estimates a year earlier.

January 30, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Ten states including California, Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon reduced milk production a combined 317 million pounds in December.

December report on dairy cows culled for beef

January 27, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

Dairy cull cows marketed through U.S. slaughter plants in December lowest since 2007.

December WASDE report forecasts lower milk production

The milk production forecast for 2024 is lowered from last month, with lower milk cow inventories and lower expected milk per cow based on the most recent Milk Production report.

January 15, 2025

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.