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March 5, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report If there were any doubts about China’s appetite for dairy...
Mar 5, 20217 min read
Insight Into Upcoming Producer Referendum
There was some news this week on the upcoming referendum on the Quota Sunset Proposal. The United Dairy Families of California (UDFC)...
Feb 27, 20214 min read


February 26, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report Last year's milk production growth carried into 2021, albeit...
Feb 26, 20218 min read


February 19, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report With nearly three quarters of the United States blanketed by...
Feb 19, 20216 min read


February 12, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report Chinese New Year celebrations may be ushering in the Year of...
Feb 13, 20216 min read


Lack of Precipitation Further Complicates California’s Complicated Water System
Here’s this week’s Central Valley water supply headline: We need rain and snow. The storm of a couple of weeks ago did help us get out of...
Feb 12, 20214 min read


February 5, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report Not even Punxsutawney Phil’s declaration of an extended...
Feb 6, 20214 min read


Quota Referendum Scheduled for March 4 - June 1, 2021
This week, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary Karen Ross ordered that a referendum be conducted on the...
Jan 30, 20213 min read


January 29, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report Milk is gushing across the United States. USDA’s Milk...
Jan 30, 20217 min read
Food Box Follies
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise…USDA awards less than 25% of the announced $1.5 billion Food Box Program purchases. The dairy industry...
Jan 22, 20213 min read


January 15, 2021 Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report After the enthusiasm ignited by last week’s USDA...
Jan 16, 20213 min read
Food Box Round 5: Is USDA Again Picking Winners and Losers?
On January 4, in a surprise move, USDA announced another round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. This program...
Jan 8, 20213 min read


January 8, 2021 MPC Friday Report Highlights
Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary By Monica Ganley, Daily Dairy Report Seemingly unwilling to leave 2020’s habits in the past, the...
Jan 8, 20215 min read
Other Stuff in the COVID Bill
Sarina did a good job of outlining what we know about the dairy-specific provisions of the recently passed and signed COVID Relief Bill...
Dec 30, 20202 min read
The Bulk Butter Bulge Continues to Depress Milk Prices
Is there a correlation between butter inventories and butter prices? It would seem obvious that there is.
We know that our government...
Dec 18, 20202 min read
Dairy Tidbits
Bulk butter inventories surged when the pandemic hit in March. The reason was obvious. Restaurants and institutional food service...
Dec 4, 20205 min read


Water Update
Water availability is a big deal to a dairy. Without an accessible and relatively clean water supply, dairy farming is not possible. Much...
Nov 20, 20206 min read
What to make of this irrational world?
2020 has been crazy for everybody, but for dairy farmers who have the responsibility to feed, milk and care for their animals every day...
Oct 16, 20205 min read
Short, But Significant Quota Hearing Held this Week
The United Dairy Families of California’s (UDFC) petition for a referendum on their Quota Implementation Plan proposal was the subject of...
Oct 3, 20202 min read


Significant Quota Hearing Next Wednesday and Thursday
A two-day virtual hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1 to consider the petition by the United Dairy...
Sep 26, 20204 min read
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