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Digest Highlights

• NMPF to request FMMO hearing on Class I mover
• DAIRY PRIDE Act reintroduced
• May 2021 Class I base moves above $17
• CDE ‘Protecting Your Profits’ webinar is April 28
• USDA seeks bids for evaporated, UHT milk, mozzarella
• Things you might have missed: domestic use, income margins, CRP enrollment

U.S. milk production marched into the spring flush with the highest number of cows passing through milking parlors and robots in more than three decades. The USDA’s latest Milk Production report was released on April 21, providing preliminary March estimates and revised February totals.

Digest Highlights

• Negative PPDs: Links to webinars, papers
• USDA seeks bids for butter, yogurt, cheese
• Global Dairy Trade index down slightly
• USDA to launch new electronic trade certification system for dairy
• Things you might have missed: school meals, climate bill, supplemental DMC payments

Editor's note: The original article has been updated to include comments from the International Dairy Foods Association.

With the two-year anniversary of the implementation of the change in the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Class I skim milk price formula near, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is closer to asking the USDA for an emergency expedited hearing to address the issue. Proposals from other organizations regarding the Class I pricing formula and other FMMO reforms may be forthcoming as well.

Dairy farmers’ long-standing commitment to the environment and their stories of stewardship are the focus of upcoming Earth Day campaigns.