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The Agriculture Department announced the September Federal order Class III milk price at $18.39 per hundredweight, up $1.20 from August, but no one is breaking out the champagne. It is $1.43 below September 2022 and,...

The Agriculture Department lowered its 2023 and 2024 milk production forecasts in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate report.

The July federal order Class III benchmark milk price hit bottom, falling to $13.77 per hundredweight (cwt.), down $1.14 from June.

Milk availability is tightening and following seasonal trends in the Midwest, according to Dairy Market News.

CME cheese prices continued to fall the third week of May as traders anticipated the April Milk Production report Friday afternoon.

Nerves were frayed this week over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and New York’s Signature Bank.

The February Federal order class III benchmark milk price was announced by the USDA at $17.78 per hundredweight (cwt.), down $1.65 from January.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the January 2023 federal order class III benchmark milk price at $19.43 per hundredweight.

The farm milk spigot slowed a bit in December.

The U.S. Agriculture Department announced the last Federal order Class III benchmark milk price of 2022 at $20.50 per hundredweight, down 51 cents from November but $2.14 above December 2021. It is the highest December...