The National Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing that started back in late summer resumed for week 11 on Tuesday. Most of the...

Most Americans are irate about an unwelcome invasion across our unprotected border. I’m talking, of course, about the blast of cold air...

The dairy trade is feeling around for the bottom in the cheese market. Cheese output remains robust, but low prices have finally...

The new year has officially begun. But as Auld Lang Syne faded into the background, the dairy markets were unsettled in the first...

A few days ago, I had an opportunity to chat with a dairy real estate professional who is a regular reader of the MPC Friday Report.

There was a decided lack of Christmas cheer in the Class III markets this week. The January through April contracts scored...

Ink ran red on LaSalle Street this week. January Class III futures dipped below the $16 mark, a level signaling plenty of red ink on...

There is a lot going on in California water right now and I will mention a number of things in today’s update. So much of it is a work...

Early in this full week at the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing, National Milk Producers Federation witnesses wrapped up...

Cheese vats remain full, despite lower milk output. U.S. cheese production reached 1.19 billion pounds in October, up 0.8% from the...

U.S. milk production slumped deeper into the red in October as poor margins and tight heifer supplies trimmed the dairy herd. Milk output...

It was a privilege to testify for Milk Producers Council at the FMMO hearing this week. In addition to fully supporting the package...

After a six-week break, the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing resumed in Carmel, Indiana this week. When the hearing had recessed...

At 11:15 a.m., Producer Review Board (PRB) chairman Art Van Beek called the November 17, 2023 meeting to order. The venue was the...

The holiday season is upon us, but the dairy markets haven’t been feeling particularly festive. Nearly all products lost value over...

After more than a month in the stratosphere, the butter market plummeted back to earth. CME spot butter crash-landed today at $2.60...

Back in the day, serving on the Producer Review Board (PRB) was easy duty. One meeting a year to talk about the pooling budget, maybe a...

There was a lot of red ink on LaSalle Street this week, and every product at the CME spot market finished lower. Most milk futures...

A poor showing at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Pulse auction spooked the milk powder markets this week and another month of...

USDA released its Milk Production report this week, indicating that national output contracted in September for the third month in a row.