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By: Lee Mielke
The USDA announced the April Federal order Class III milk price Wednesday at $16.82 per hundredweight, up 66 cents from March, but is 66 cents below April 2025. It is the highest Class III price since November 2025. The four-month average stands at $15.63, down from $19.16 a year ago, and compares to $15.77 in 2024.
By: Lee Mielke
This year’s results show chocolate is back at No. 1, with butter pecan also rising ahead of vanilla among U.S. consumers, says the International Dairy Foods Association.
You’ll recall March milk production was up 2.3 percent from a year ago. That kept U.S. churns, vats and dryers busy, according to USDA’s latest Dairy Products report. Cheese output totaled 1.259 billion pounds, up 8.1 percent from February, and 1.2 percent above March 2025. Output for the three-month period hit 3.7 billion pounds, up 3.1 percent from 2025.
The Agriculture Department announced the April Federal order Class III milk price at $16.82 per hundredweight, up 66 cents from March, 66 cents below March 2025, and the highest Class III price since Nov. 2025....
By: Lee Mielke
MIELKE MARKET The Agriculture Department announced the April Federal order Class III milk price at $16.82 per hundredweight, up 66 cents from
You'll recall that March milk production was up 2.3% from a year ago. That kept U.S. churns, vats and dryers busy, according to USDA's latest Dairy Products report. Cheese output totaled 1.259 billion pounds, up 8.1% from February, and 1.2% above March 2025. Output for the three-month period hit 3.7 billion pounds, up 3.1% from 2025.
By: Lee Mielke
The Agriculture Department raised its 2026 milk production estimate for the fourth consecutive month in this week’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and gave our first look into 2027. Department bean counters raised the 2026 forecast slightly, citing expectations of a larger cow herd but a slower growth rate in output per cow. Output in 2027 will be driven by higher milk per cow and a stable herd, according to the WASDE.
By: Lee Mielke
The administration appears to be presenting this move as a way to lower beef prices for consumers while supporting domestic cattle ranchers, but we’ve already seen this approach fail. The real problem is a highly consolidated meatpacking sector controlled by just a handful of dominant corporations.
Current pastureland conditions are the worst and most widespread since the last drought period in 2021
The June federal order Class I base milk price was announced by the USDA at $22.18 per hundredweight, up $2.03 from May, $4.92 above June 2025, and the highest Class I price since November 2024. The six-month average stands at $17.92, down from $19.65 at this time a year ago, and compares to $18.83 in 2024.
