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A window has opened for dairy farmers to consider locking in some positive margins based on futures contracts, according to a recent market report from CoBank. Overall, 2024 should go in the books as a top-three milk price year. On the flip side, grain prices have been dropping steadily this summer to reach a five-year low – admittedly not good for crop farmers but an opportunity for livestock producers. In July, the margin above feed costs to produce milk moved to the best level since May 2022 at $12.33 per cwt. Forecasts for the remainder of the year show margins improving to nearly $16 per cwt., based on calculations from the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.

In the United States, on July 26, 2024, the price of Cheddar cheese reached USD 4,255/tonne and was 3.5% higher than in the previous quotation and 1% higher than in June 2024. Compared to prices a year ago, Cheddar cheese was 1% more expensive.

KANSAS CITY, MO. — A second round of testing for H5N1 in dairy products confirmed previous sampling results that the pasteurization process kills any active trace of the virus, making it safe for consumption, federal officials announced during a press call on Aug. 13.