Industry News
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The margin payment that keeps showing up
Feed costs have eased for the first time in over a year, but milk prices have fallen faster still, and the federal margin support program just triggered its…
Read postA quiet block price before a loud week in Chicago
Cash cheese markets barely moved to open October, but a major international dairy gathering lands in Chicago in two weeks and members are already asking what it means…
Read postThe forecast moved before the price did
Federal forecasters raised their cheese price outlook for the rest of the year even as milk production numbers came in higher than expected. Members are asking which figure…
Read postMore cheese is selling straight off the website
A new look at artisan and specialty cheesemaking shows more producers selling from their own site than ever before, even as fewer of them make raw-milk cheese at…
Read postA busy case, a quiet board
Back-to-school lunches kept the cheese case moving through late August, even as the wholesale board sat flatter than members expected heading into fall.
Read postThe block price climbed. The margin still hasn't.
Cheddar block prices pushed above two dollars a pound in August, but for most members the feed-cost side of the ledger moved just as much.
Read postA block price that ran ahead
Wholesale cheddar block prices climbed sharply through July and into August. We look at why, and what it means for members setting prices this fall.
Read postThe margin month that finally went right
July's feed-and-milk margin triggered support again, and cheese prices firmed through early August. We look at why a good month still isn't a plan.
Read postAugust's margin came back a little
The federal milk margin figure ticked up again this month as feed costs eased, the eighth straight support payment this year. Here's what that means for your case.
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