Milk production growth in the U.S. sputtered at the end of 2023, leaving the full year result nearly unchanged from the year prior. After...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Whether or not black cats or broken mirrors were involved, the butter market’s luck has changed dramatically. After repeatedly...

Like a mountaineer surveying Everest from K2, the butter market is exploring new heights. CME spot butter scaled a previously...

The U.S. butter market took off like a rocket. It soared 30ȼ this week and closed at $3.30 per pound, just shy of the all-time high...

Three-dollar butter is back. CME spot butter soared an astounding 28.25ȼ this week and closed right at the $3 mark. Exports are out of...

The Class III markets took a big step back this week. Cooler weather has boosted yields, providing a little more milk for cheese vats.

Higher temperatures fired up the dairy markets over the past few weeks, but now the mercury has fallen and so have cheese prices.

Cows in the Midwest got a brief break from the heat, but the mercury is going to climb once again over the holiday weekend.