U.S. milk production slumped deeper into the red in October as poor margins and tight heifer supplies trimmed the dairy herd. Milk output...

It was a privilege to testify for Milk Producers Council at the FMMO hearing this week. In addition to fully supporting the package...

After a six-week break, the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing resumed in Carmel, Indiana this week. When the hearing had recessed...

At 11:15 a.m., Producer Review Board (PRB) chairman Art Van Beek called the November 17, 2023 meeting to order. The venue was the...

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...

Back in the day, serving on the Producer Review Board (PRB) was easy duty. One meeting a year to talk about the pooling budget, maybe a...

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.

The proposal to update and raise Class I differentials in all 3,100 counties of the continental United States by National Milk...

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

The Producer Review Board (PRB) has been wrestling with the challenge of finding the correct assessment rate to fund payments to ...

There are five “issues” encompassing 21 proposals that make up the substance of the “call” of this hearing into Federal Milk Marketing...

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

The Kern Subbasin GSAs – and there are about 17 of them – have agreed on a common approach to setting minimum thresholds.

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...

When I tuned in to the hearing at 5 a.m. Pacific time on Monday morning, I heard a different voice come through my earbuds.

The Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing in Carmel, Indiana only met three days this week because the venue where the hearing is...

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...