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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


April 09, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Sarina Sharp, Daily Dairy Report It was another big week on LaSalle Street, and nearly all...
Apr 9, 20214 min read
California's Quota Has Been 60-plus Years of Compromise
Courtesy of Hoard's Dairyman Published March 2021 Edition Special by Geoff Vanden Heuvel In the 1960s – at the urging of producers – a...
Apr 2, 20213 min read


April 2, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report Spring has sprung across the United States. As the days...
Apr 2, 20217 min read


March 26, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Spot cheese market observers are recovering from whiplash this week after watching the price dip then rally.
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Action Needed to Close the USDA-stimulated Gap Between Class III & IV Milk Prices
Whether intentional – or more likely unintentional – USDA’s operation of the pandemic-inspired Farmers to Families Food Box program...
Mar 26, 20213 min read


March 19, 2021 Friday Report Highlights
The United States dairy herd continues to expand, driving milk production upward. According to USDA’s Milk Production report, released Thurs
Mar 19, 20213 min read


March 12, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report Over the past year, the dairy markets have exhibited extreme...
Mar 12, 20214 min read
MPC Remains Committed to Providing Neutral, Timely Coverage on Quota Referendum
As can be imagined, when it is decision time on a controversial issue, passions can be intense. There is a mailing by one of the sides in...
Mar 12, 20211 min read
Quota Referendum Ballots Mailed Out This Week
On March 4, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) mailed ballots to all eligible California dairy producers, giving...
Mar 6, 20213 min read
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