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Jul 26, 20244 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 19, 20244 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 12, 20241 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 12, 20245 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 12, 20244 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 28, 20244 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 21, 20244 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 21, 20248 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 14, 20243 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 7, 20242 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 7, 20244 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 31, 20243 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 31, 20244 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 24, 20244 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...
May 17, 20243 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
The bulls ran wild in Chicago this week. For both Class III and Class IV milk, June through December futures notched life-of-contract highs.
May 10, 20245 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Spring is in full swing. Family calendars are packed with end-of-the-school year concerts, field days, and parties. Farmers are dodging...
May 10, 20243 min read
The Numbers are in; 2023 Water Year was Fantastic
About 90% of California’s dairy industry operates in the San Joaquin Valley. When California passed the Sustainable Groundwater...
May 3, 20244 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Folks from across the dairy industry gathered this week in Chicago for the annual meeting of the American Dairy Products Institute.
May 3, 20246 min read
Producer Review Board Recommends Referendum to Change Quota Differential to $1.00 per cwt.
On May 1, 2024, the Producer Review Board (PRB) held a meeting in Tulare. There were 12 Board members and 2 voting alternate Board...
Apr 26, 20245 min read
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
The dairy markets swung wildly back and forth this week as they digested a slew of data and headlines. Monday’s Milk Production...
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