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June’s milk output estimate shows the largest year-over-year increase since 1999.

The three-dairy family operation will ship all its milk to Texas plant.

Surplus milk, high feed costs push 2012 Pennsylvania average milk price $2.14 per cwt. below 2011.

Total costs, excluding labor and management, are running about $17.63/cwt for tie stall herds and right at $16 for midsized freestall operations.

Cow numbers were down 4,000 head from April, however.

“No consistent evidence that checkoff funded projects were more likely to support an obesity prevention benefit from dairy consumption.”

We’ve done a little freshening of our own.

Co-op officials don’t expect many, if any, farms to go out of business as a result of non-compliance since they expect USDA will readily grant derogations.

CWT has accepted eight requests for export assistance from Bongards, Darigold, Foremost Farms and United Dairymen of Arizona.

Milk is long. Demand for cheese and butter is strong. Where does the market go from here?