USDA announced the March Class III milk price at $22.45 per cwt., up $1.54 from February and $6.30 above a year-ago prices. The Class IV milk price was announced at $24.82 per cwt., up 82 cents from February and $10.64 above last March. Markets softened a little this week, but remain at multi-year highs. Class…
Total milk production in the US was down for the second month in a row in February, falling 1 percent from a year ago to 17.5 billion pounds. Production per cow was up 1 pound from a month ago to 1,869 pounds for the month. The nation’s dairy herd continues to shrink, falling 96,000 head…
US cheese and butter exports were up from a year ago in January, while powder exports were down. Cheese exports totaled 64.9 million pounds for the month, up 16.7 percent from a year ago and the highest January volume since 2014. Butter and milkfat exports were up 53.1 percent to 4,906 metric tons. US exports…
USDA announced the February Class III price at $20.91 per cwt., up 53 cents from January and up $5.16 from a year ago. The February Class IV price was announced at $24 per cwt., up 91 cents from January and $10.25 per cwt. from a year ago. Class III futures prices on the CME average…
The average dairy price index on the latest Global Dairy Trade auction increased 5.1 percent to $5,065 per metric ton, marking the fourth consecutive session of significant growth and its largest increase this year. All products posted gains in price, with Cheddar cheese up 10.9 percent. Butter was up 5.9 percent, while whole milk and…
Total milk production in the US fell 1.6 percent from a year ago to 19.05 billion pounds in January 2022, with 82,000 head fewer cows in the nation’s dairy herd than a year ago, according to the latest USDA Milk Production Report. Cow numbers fell 5,000 head from December. Milk production per cow also fell…
The March Base Class I milk price was announced at $22.88 per cwt, up $1.24 from February and $7.68 above a year ago. It is the highest Class I milk price since December 2014. The latest USDA Dairy Products Report shows total cheese output at 1.16 billion pounds in December 2021, up 0.1 percent from…
Strong global demand and tight supply helped drive U.S. dairy exports to a second consecutive volume record in 2021 and a new all-time high in value. U.S. export volume last year increased 10% over 2020 to more than 2.3 million metric tons (MT) milk solid equivalent. The value of dairy exports rose 18% to $7.75…
The December 2021 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) margin was announced earlier this week. For the first time in 13 months, the price eclipsed the maximum $9.50 margin coverage, but just barely. The DMC margin was announced as $9.53 per cwt. A $1.00 per cwt increase in the all-milk price overwhelmed a 61 cents per cwt…
US total milk production was down 0.1 percent to 18.825 billion pounds in December, with 67,000 fewer head in the nation’s dairy herd from a year ago, down 7,000 head from last month. Milk production per cow across the nation was actually up 11 pounds or 0.7 percent for the month, according to the latest…
