A New Mexico dairy farm family’s long struggle with milk and cattle contamination connected to chemicals commonly referred to as PFAS is moving forward.

Progressive Dairy provides monthly online updates of important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.

Administrators of the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs) reported May 2022 uniform milk prices, producer price differentials (PPDs) and milk pooling data, June 9-14. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of the numbers to provide some additional transparency on your milk check.

Digest highlights

• USDA reopens comment period on NDB reapportionment proposal
• Congressional letter cites concerns over proposed SEC GHG reporting rule
• Ocean Shipping Reform Act approved in House
• Danone North America seeks ‘zero waste to landfill’ by 2025
• Midwest dairy industry grants available
• California pilot project delivers 190,000 pounds of cheese to feeding programs
• Northeast FMMO authorizes milk disposal
• House sets farm bill listening session
• Dairy absent from Senate ag committee hearing witness list

Harvest delays and quality and yield concerns related to rain and pest damage continue to create uncertainty surrounding 2022 hay markets. Here’s Progressive Forage’s monthly update as the calendar turns to summer.

Update highlights

• USDA cuts 2022-23 milk production forecasts, raises price projections
• FMMO update coming next week
• RaboResearch: Global milk production growth to remain slow
• Global dairy product prices declined in May

With cheese playing a starring role, U.S. dairy product exports capped another strong month in April. Meanwhile, exports of dairy replacement heifers remained in a slump, but hay exports were strong. Here's Progressive Dairy's monthly update on dairy-related products and global markets.

Digest highlights

• NMPF discussing policy proposals
• GDT price index rises
• Pennsylvania dairy partnership targets hunger
• DFA Nerd Herd campaign turns up the heat on milk
• Northeast virtual tours attract 25,000 students
• Prairie Farms hosting Extraordin-DAIRY celebration
• 2022 Census of Agriculture sign-up deadline is June 30
• Proposal boosts plant-based meal reimbursement
• California QIP assessment to be lowered
• Input costs drive ag producer sentiment down

The Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Class III milk price set a record high in May and moved above the Class IV milk price for the first month since last October.

Digest highlights

• ADC seeks answers on pricing concerns, hearing criteria
• Senate ag committee 2023 Farm Bill field hearing set in Arkansas
• February all-milk, mailbox price spread averaged 82 cents