Monthly Reports

Milk production report called 'very bearish'

02/17/2012 2:19:21 PM

Milk production in the 23 major dairy states totaled 15.8 billion pounds in January, up 3.7 percent from the same month a year earlier. ... Full story.

Texas milk production up 8 percent

12/19/2011 3:39:58 PM

Texas milk production totaled 787 million pounds during November, up 8 percent from last year's production of 726 million pounds. October 2011 production totaled 813 million pounds. ... Full story.

WASDE: Higher cheese prices forecasted next year

11/09/2011 8:49:34 AM

Milk production forecasts for 2011 and 2012 are unchanged from last month. Commercial exports are forecast higher for 2011. Fat and skim-solids ending stocks for 2011 are lowered. ... Full story.

August milk production up 2.2 percent

09/19/2011 2:26:37 PM

August milk production in the 23 major states totaled 15.3 billion pounds, up 2.2 percent from August 2010, according to USDA’s latest Milk Production report released Monday afternoon. ... Full story.

High feed prices and low milk prices to trim 2012 U.S. dairy herd

09/16/2011 8:00:00 AM

According to the USDA's September Livestock, Dairy and Poultry report, dryness and heat throughout the Corn Belt led to a downward revision in the corn yield forecast in for 2011/12 in the September Crop Production report. If the forecast is realized, the projected yield would be the lowest since 2005/06. ... Full story.

Class III sets record high in July, 2011 average milk prices higher than 2010

08/18/2011 3:34:56 PM

Milk prices have been well above a year ago through July. The Class III price set a record high in July at $21.39, $7.65 higher than a year ago. ... Full story.

Drought weighing in on cow slaughter

08/17/2011 8:53:21 AM

July 1 beef cow inventories have been declining since reaching a cyclical peak of 36.1 million cows on July 1, 1995. Since July 1995, there have only been 2 years in which beef-cow inventories increased (143,000 head from 2004 to 2005 and 28,000 head from 2005 to 2006) from prior-year inventories. ... Full story.

Dairy outlook: Prices for the year decidedly better than at this time last month

08/10/2011 7:56:37 AM

Nearby milk and dairy product prices have risen, and the outlook for the rest of the year is decidedly better than at this time last month. ... Full story.

Strong demand keeps milk prices high and production advancing

07/18/2011 11:37:49 AM

The June Acreage report indicated that producers planted 92.3 million acres of corn, up 4.1 million acres from last year, and the second highest since 1944. ... Full story.

Butter stocks up 20 percent from last month, below year-ago levels

06/22/2011 2:27:51 PM

Total natural cheese stocks in refrigerated warehouses on May 31, 2011 were up 1 percent from the previous month and up 2 percent from May 31, 2010. ... Full story.

Strong demand keeps dairy production and milk prices high

06/15/2011 11:48:39 AM

High feed prices will continue to affect the livestock sector, and dairy in particular, for the balance of 2011 and into 2012. ... Full story.

Dairy outlook: Class III futures for July are over $20.00/cwt

06/09/2011 2:32:06 PM

Commodity prices have been strong, although the grains fell at the end of last week. Dairy however, was the exception. ... Full story.

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