The inevitable flood of milk resulting from both a larger herd and peak milk production of spring flush finally appears to be weighing on the minds of dairy producers. The latest Global Dairy Trade auction results fell for the fifth-straight time, making the largest move [...]
Two major news releases from USDA on Tuesday, Feb.23, prompted a counterintuitive market reaction as prices firmed toward the end of the week. The Cold Storage Report showed AA salted butter stocks at 328 million pounds through January 2021. To put that in perspective, [...]
National herd recovery continued in September with milking cows up 6,000 head over August and up 46,000 year on year for the 24-state average. Milk yield was good, registering 36 lbs above September 2019, and total milk production increased 2.4 percent above prior year’s [...]
