Markets & Management

Milk price has been extremely volatile over the last year and a half, making it very difficult across the Northeast for dairy farmers to know what they will be paid for their milk. One bright spot over  that same period is exports. Without the volume of exports that have left U.S. borders since March 2020, milk price would have been even more unstable. Dairy export volume in 2020 set a record  with nearly 2.1 million metric tons of milk solids equivalent products leaving the U.S. for another market. These exports were valued at nearly $6.6 billion, the third highest value. So far, 2021 has picked up where 2020 ended. Read More