Benchmark drops $1.32 Farm milk prices continue to fall. The Agriculture Department announced the final Class prices of 2025 last week. The December Federal order Class III price is $15.86 per hundredweight (cwt.), down $1.32 from November and $2.76 below... See more
First mandatory review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement will take place this year Farm milk prices continue to fall. The Agriculture Department announced the final class prices of 2025 last week. The December federal order Class III price is $15.86 per h... See more
Milk production is abundant on farms in the US, Australia and Argentina
Milk production is abundant on U.S. farms and evidenced in the Agriculture Department’s latest data. November output hit 18.79 billion pounds, up 4.5% from November 2024 which admitte... See more
Winter weather is negatively impacting milk production in the Midwest You’ll recall October milk production was up 3.7% from a year ago. Milk components were also up and both left plenty for processors. The Agriculture Department issued both the September... See more
This column was written for the marketing week ending December 12. The U.S. Department of Agriculture left its 2025 milk production estimate unchanged in this week’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate report, and lowered its 2026 estimate, base... See more