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Milk Prices
Class III Takes a Hit
Friday’s cold storage report gave us a mixed bag of information after a fairly bullish milk production report earlier this week.
October 22, 2021 04:37 PM
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Class III milk bounced back after some early selling pressure to finish the day down slightly.
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Milk Prices Lower to Start the Week
Blocks and barrels finished lower to start the week in the CME Cash Dairy Product Trade.
October 11, 2021 03:46 PM
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Milk Prices Stay Calm After a Busy Week
A quiet end to a nice week in the dairy markets. Only Butter failed to improve their weekly average from last week.
October 08, 2021 03:47 PM
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After giving back some of last week's big gains in Class III Milk, prices bounced back on Friday.
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Milk Markets Finally See Some Green
Green was a popular color on CME ag commodity screens to kick off the week on Monday.
September 27, 2021 04:16 PM
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A U.S. Department of Labor survey workers on U.S. farms are quite loyal to their employers, and like their bosses.
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Milk Prices Calm Across the Board
Markets were calm across the board to close out the week.
September 24, 2021 04:09 PM
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Class III Values Continue to Endure Weakness
Class III milk values endured weakness in the fourth quarter of 2021 with October losing 21 cents, November 20 cents, and December off 4.
September 10, 2021 04:07 PM
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High PI counts typically indicate less than ideal cleanliness of either equipment or cows, but the cause can be difficult to pinpoint.
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Class III Sees Big Gains
A 70-cent rally in September Class III milk highlighted the dairy complex on Friday.
August 13, 2021 04:15 PM
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Class III Prices Explode Higher
Class III milk futures exploded higher for the first time in a while.
August 10, 2021 04:16 PM
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Class III milk markets saw May sink 11 cents on Monday while June gained 5 cents. 
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Class III Prices Soften to Start the Week
Despite a stronger cheese session to kick off the week on Monday, Class III milk prices fell.
July 26, 2021 04:24 PM
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The top six U.S. cow number states account for more than half of total U.S. production.
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Class III Takes a Hit in July, Bounces Back in August
Butter stocks totaled 414 million lb. in June, just 2.6 million more than the month prior.
July 22, 2021 03:49 PM
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Cheddar was the sole product settling in the green today, up 1.3% for Global Dairy Trade 288.
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Cheddar the Lone Survivor in Today’s Dairy Markets
Cheddar was the sole product settling in the green today, up 1.3% for Global Dairy Trade 288.
July 20, 2021 02:59 PM
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Milk Prices
Cheese Finally Sees Some Gains
The CME spot trade saw blocks jump 8 ¾ cents higher on 2 trades to $1.71/lb and Barrels jumping 4 cents higher to $1.55/lb.
July 07, 2021 04:10 PM
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Summer Prices Continue to Dwindle
The milk complex on Monday softened once again.
June 21, 2021 04:22 PM
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“Over the next five years, ag retailers will need to get a handle on changing customer needs, lower expected industry working capital, and rising property casualty insurance costs,” Ken Zuckerberg writes.
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Grain Markets Give Up Some Gains
The grain markets experienced a rough start to the week on Monday as weather forecasts 10-14 days out predict cooler and wetter patterns to bring relief to areas in need of some rain.
June 14, 2021 04:23 PM
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Milk Futures Continue to See Tight Prices
Class III milk futures finished the week trading a tight window of prices.
June 11, 2021 03:23 PM
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