Jan 2012 Milk Prices Class I: 18.80 Class II: 17.67 Class III: 17.05 Class IV: 16.56 Calif 4a: 16.18 Calif 4b: 14.23 Feb 3, 2012 CME Spot Prices Butter Grade AA Settled/lb: 1.4925 Change: Unchanged Block Cheese Settled/lb: 1.4850 Change: Unchanged Barrel Cheese Settled/lb: 1.4950 Change: 0.7500 NFDM Grade A Settled/lb: 1.3575 Change: Unchanged NFDM Extra Grade Settled/lb: 1.2975 Change: -4.0000
Daily News
February 5
Weekly NASS Prices
(February 3, 2012) Butter prices received for 25 kilogram and 68 pound boxes meeting United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grade AA standards averaged $1.59 per pound for the week ending January 28, 2012. The United States (US) price per pound decreased 0.3 cent from the previous week. Cheddar Cheese prices received for US 40 […]
Farm Milk Prices Continue To Head Down
(February 3, 2012) The Agriculture Department announced the January 2012 Federal order benchmark Class III price this morning at $17.05 per hundredweight (cwt.) down $1.72 from December but $3.57 above January 2011, $2.82 above California’s comparable 4b cheese milk price, and equates to about $1.47 per gallon.  Looking ahead, Class III futures settled Thursday at […]
Shadow Brings Mixed News For Dairy Producers
(February 3, 2012) Yesterday (Feb. 2) was Groundhog Day, a day celebrating the weather prediction skills of a glorified ground squirrel. When it comes to 2012 dairy prognostication, were the groundhogs scared back into their holes? We posed that question to Dairy Profit Weekly editor Dave Natzke “In the movie Groundhog Day, the character played […]
Dairy Beef Quality Survey Deadline is Feb. 6
(January 11, 2012) The National Beef Dairy Quality Audit is underway. Conrad KVamme of the Midwest Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Center joins us to talk about the survey. The survey is open until Feb. 6, 2012. For more info go to www.cattlesurvey.com
New Agreement Between USDA & Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding
(February 2, 2012) Writing on behalf of the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, Select Sires President & CEO David Thorbahn has issued a letter and background details about the development of a new agreement between USDA and the Council regarding production of genetic evaluations for U.S. dairy cattle.  While this process has been underway for […]
California Class 4 Prices Announced
(February 1, 2012) California’s January 2012 4a butter-powder price was announced today by the California Department of Food and Agriculture at $16.18 per hundredweight, down 41 cents from December and 31 cents below January 2011. The 4b cheese milk price is $14.23, down 91 cents from December but $1.74 above a year ago. Comparable Federal […]
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