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Economic Update: February 2024 Class I base price lower

For the second month in a row, November overall fluid milk sales were up slightly.
January 22, 2024
Dave Natzke

Here’s an update on economic factors impacting your dairy profitability during the fourth week of January 2024.


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Weekly Digest: Holstein Association USA advances MW genetic identification

January 18, 2024
Dave Natzke

Here’s an update on news impacting your dairy during the third week of January 2024.


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Economic Update: Dairy cull cow marketing slowed since September

Two upcoming USDA reports will update dairy cow numbers entering 2024.
January 17, 2024
Dave Natzke

Here’s an update on economic factors impacting your dairy profitability during the third week of January 2024.


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December 2023 FMMO uniform prices lower

Class II, III and IV milk prices were down and Class IV depooling remained prominent.
January 15, 2024
Dave Natzke

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


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Forage Market Insights: Inventories and weather are the drivers

Here’s Progressive Forage’s monthly look at factors impacting hay markets in the first quarter of 2024.
January 15, 2024
Dave Natzke

Preliminary data shows 2023 hay production and inventories are up from a year ago.


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USDA milk production, price outlooks remain stagnant

The 2024 milk production forecast was lowered from last month but price projections remains weaker, pressured by cheese and Class III milk.
January 15, 2024
Dave Natzke

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and Crop Production reports identify milk and feed factors potentially impacting dairy producer income in the year ahead.


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November dairy, ag exports yield mixed results

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot look at dairy-related export categories.
January 10, 2024
Dave Natzke

November 2023 U.S. agricultural export numbers revealed higher sales volumes of cheese, high-protein whey, dairy heifers and hay.


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December FMMO milk class prices lower

December 2023 Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) pooling estimates, uniform prices and producer price differentials are scheduled to be released on Jan. 11-14.
January 5, 2024
Dave Natzke

Milk checks for December milk production will reflect lower Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) milk class prices.


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Economic Update: Lots of dairy numbers to start the new year

Concerns over higher interest rates, input inflation and supplies are subsiding.
January 3, 2024
Dave Natzke

Here’s an update on economic factors impacting your dairy profitability during the first week of January 2024.


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November 2023 DMC margin moves above indemnity trigger

Small changes in the U.S. average feed cost and milk price were enough to push November’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) margin higher.
December 29, 2023
Dave Natzke

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its latest Ag Prices report on Dec. 29, including factors used to calculate the November 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) margin.


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