Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
U.S. milk output has trailed prior-year volumes for 13 straight months. In Wednesday’s Milk Production report, USDA slashed its...
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Aug 233 min read
Big Water Decision Coming Up This Week
Over 350,000 acre-feet of stored northern California surface water is at stake in a decision that will be made by state and federal...
Aug 164 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Like Katie Ledecky in a Paris pool, the dairy spot markets hit one milestone after another. But perhaps the pole vault and high jump...
Aug 93 min read
Public Forums on Quota Differential Change Wrap Up
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) held three public forums in the past 10 days to explain the upcoming...
Aug 94 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
As summer enters its final stretch, milk production conditions have mostly returned to seasonal norms. Hot temperatures continue...
Aug 24 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Feed is cheap and milk revenues are lofty. USDA announced the July Class III milk price at $19.79 per cwt. While that was 8ȼ lower than...
Jul 264 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
As befits the season, the dairy markets heated up this week. The trade is becoming increasingly concerned that milk will remain tight...
Jul 194 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Dairy producers have just cashed a very big milk check, and they’re looking forward to similarly lucrative payments for the rest of...
Jul 121 min read
CDFA Announces Public Forums and Hearing Related to Proposed Changes to Quota Implementation Plan
As readers of this weekly report are well aware of, I have written extensively about the Quota Implementation Plan (QIP) since...
Jul 125 min read
USDA Publishes Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Decision
Back when California operated under a State Milk Marketing Order, milk price hearings were a regular occurrence. I can remember...
Jul 124 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Soaring temperatures and suffocating humidity are challenging milk production in many parts of the country. As the mercury...
Jun 284 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Cheese stocks typically grow throughout the spring, as the flush pushes more cheap milk to cheese processors, and demand ebbs. But this...
Jun 214 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Dairy producers did everything they could to keep their barns full last month after milk prices soared. They paid $3,000 or more...
Jun 218 min read
SGMA Subbasin Round Up
The implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is a very local endeavor. Of course, the State plays a...
Jun 143 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Strong domestic cheese demand propelled Class III futures to fresh life-of-contract highs this week. On Thursday, third-quarter...
Jun 72 min read
CDFA to Hold Producer Referendum on Quota
As I reported last month, the Producer Review Board (PRB) has been reviewing the Class I revenue generated into the California Federal...
Jun 74 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
The bulls are back in charge on LaSalle Street. July through December Class III and a smattering of Class IV futures notched...
May 313 min read
Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley Builds Momentum
When the state of California began to implement and enforce the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act some nine years ago, it became...
May 314 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
After notching a new spring high last Friday, butter values plunged early this week. The trade spent the long weekend considering...
May 244 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report Sarina@DailyDairyReport.com Milk, Dairy & Grain Markets The markets are screaming at dairy producers...
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