U.S. dairy export volume posted an 11-month high in May (on a daily average basis), according to Alan Levitt, with the U.S. Dairy Export Council. The strong showing was led by improved sales of whey, lactose and whole milk powder (WMP).

The Senate approved a bill establishing a national labeling system for foods produced with technology. With 2017 enrollment underway, the National Milk Producers Federation introduced new Margin Protection Program for Dairy decision tools. The Animal Agriculture Alliance identified industry improvements related to animal care and antibiotic use. This and other U.S. dairy policy news can be found here.

After a historic, decade-long run-up in agricultural land values, supply and demand might be reaching an equilibrium, according to Farmers National Company (FNC), one of the nation’s largest agricultural landowner services company.

This Dairy Regional Recap updates a New York farm labor lawsuit, an Indiana bovine tuberculosis investigation, Arizona’s changing milk marketing landscape and a plant-based argument in an Idaho "ag-gag" lawsuit. This and other U.S. region-by-region dairy news can be found here.

U.S. milk powder producers are adding 440 million pounds of processing capacity over the next 2 years. The most immediate impact of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union surrounds currency rates and their impact on U.S. dairy trade. This and other U.S. dairy industry news can be found here.

Organic dairy products are drawing a substantial price premium. May dairy producer margins were ugly. June California and federal order prices improve. Rabobank sees recovery pushed into 2017. This and other U.S. dairy economic news can be found here.

The first half of the May-June 2016 Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) pay period calculation is in, and it’s ugly. Lower milk prices combined with higher feed costs to send the May national average income margin down more than $1 per hundredweight from April, to just $5.77 per hundredweight.

Globally, dairy farmers are starting to react to protracted lower milk prices by cutting production, according to Rabobank’s Dairy Quarterly newsletter. However, despite short-term price increases, demand growth remains slow, pushing producer recovery to sustainable price levels into 2017.

More than 3,000 people from 71 countries came to Lexington, Kentucky, May 22-25, for “One: The Alltech Ideas Conference.”