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July 09, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The cheese markets came roaring back. CME spot Cheddar blocks...
Jul 9, 20214 min read


July 02, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The dairy trade checked out early and the markets coasted...
Jul 2, 20213 min read
Referendum to Sunset Quota Program Fails
Late this afternoon, the California Department of Food Agriculture (CDFA) announced that the referendum proposing to sunset the Quota...
Jul 2, 20211 min read


June 25, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report Summer officially arrived this week. Right on cue, the...
Jun 25, 20214 min read
USDA Creating Program to Reimburse Producers: Secretary Tom Vilsack
Last week I wrote about additional pandemic aid USDA will be providing dairy farmers, including an idea that payments should be targeted...
Jun 25, 20211 min read


June 18, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The dairy markets were awash in red ink this week. June Class...
Jun 18, 20215 min read
USDA Announces Pandemic Aid for Dairy Farmers – and a Suggestion
On June 15, 2021, USDA announced its intention “to address a number of gaps and disparities in previous rounds of aid” with remaining...
Jun 18, 20213 min read


June 11, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report Although summer is off to a sweltering start in much of the...
Jun 11, 20217 min read


Madera County Groundwater Sustainability Agency Makes a Big Decision
During the last big drought in 2014, the California Legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). This historic...
Jun 11, 20214 min read


June 04, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The dairy markets dropped again this week. CME spot Cheddar...
Jun 4, 20213 min read


May 28, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The Class III markets weakened as they headed into the long...
May 28, 20215 min read


May 21, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The nation is awash in milk. U.S. milk production reached...
May 21, 20213 min read


May 14, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report Soybeans made their debut at the Chicago Board of Trade in...
May 14, 20215 min read


May 7, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The U.S. dairy industry has expanded cheese processing...
May 7, 20216 min read
Class I Controversy Update
When USDA last performed a major overhaul of the FMMO classified milk pricing formula in the year 2000, it created separate formulas for...
May 7, 20214 min read


April 30, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The bulls continued their leisurely stroll through the dairy...
Apr 30, 20213 min read


April 23, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The Class III markets ended the week not far from where they...
Apr 23, 20218 min read
Water & Milk Policy News
It’s dry. There has not been much moisture this past winter and surface water deliveries to the Central Valley this summer will be small...
Apr 23, 20215 min read


April 16, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report The government let a little air out of the milk markets this...
Apr 16, 20215 min read
USDA Ends Farmers to Families Food Box
The USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program started in May of 2020 as an emergency COVID-19 response program to get food to people in...
Apr 16, 20212 min read
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