Three Central Valley, California dairy farms have reported positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in their herds. After cows from the affected farms began exhibiting HPAI-related symptoms from Aug. 23 to Aug. 25, samples from these sites were submitted to the California Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) laboratories and the National Veterinary…
Seasonal, warm weather resulted in decreased milk production and component levels across West Europe, tightening dairy product inventories. The UK recovered to match last year’s production despite a slow start. In France, farmers confront a potential outbreak of bluetongue disease. East Europe shows growth in Belarus’s milk production, but drought conditions are negatively affecting crop…
Total US milk production was down 0.4 percent year over year to 18.9 billion pounds in July, with production per cow up 1 pound from last July to 2,028 pounds. The nation’s dairy herd lost 43,000 head from a year ago but was up 5,000 head from June to 9.33 million head.
The latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report boosted estimates for the nation’s soybean harvest and the total corn harvest. With weather woes in Upper Midwestern states, the agency did lower forecasted harvested acres of corn by 700,000 acres from last month’s estimates. USDA is now expecting farmers to harvest 3.8 million fewer…
Total US cheese output in June was down 1.4 percent from a year ago to 1.16 billion pounds. On a daily average, total cheese output was down 0.9 percent from May’s production levels. American type cheese production was down 4.9 percent from a year ago, with Cheddar cheese production down 9 percent. Italian type cheese…
Total cheese stocks continue to remain low, according to the latest USDA Cold Storage report. Total cheese stocks were at 1.423 billion pounds as of the end of June, down 0.8 percent from May but down 5.8 percent from a year ago. American cheese stocks fell 804.8 million pounds, down 1.4 percent from a month…
USDA’s Milk Production shows June milk production down 1 percent from a year ago to 18.8 billion pounds, with 62,000 fewer cows than were in the herd a year ago. Cow numbers are down 9,000 head from last month to 9.335 million head. Milk production per cow is six pounds behind where it was a…
The latest USDA World Supply and Demand Estimates report is projecting slower growth in US milk production for both 2024 and 2025, with slower growth in per-cow production countering increasing cow numbers. The report also expects export sales to increase, with stronger overall demand driving up commodity prices. The all-milk price was increased to $22.25…
USDA’s latest Dairy Product report shows butter production strong in May, up 4 percent from a year ago to 204.4 million pounds. However, milk powder production fell behind, with the combined production of nonfat and skim milk powder down 15.9 percent year over year to 212.9 million pounds. Total cheese production was up 0.7 percent…
May’s Dairy Margin Coverage margin was announced at $10.52 per hundredweight (cwt), $1.02 over the $9.50 maximum coverage level and did not trigger indemnities at any coverage level. May’s margin was up 92 cents per cwt from April’s margin. Year-over-year, May’s margin shot up from 2023 at $4.83 per cwt, a $5.69 increase. May 2024’s…
