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Dairy risk management doesn’t take a vacation, although it might take a federal holiday. Here’s a look at current conditions and the early summer risk management calendar from Progressive Dairy.

As the school year comes to a close, Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program has impacted more than 1.6 million students worldwide. With more than 71,000 classrooms that participated, the program offered an exciting learning experience and inside look at dairy farming to elementary students, home school families, scout troops, nursing homes, library groups and many other organizations.

Digest Highlights

• DMC supplemental payments, other dairy aid on a timeline
• FMMO reform webinar series continues
• Global Dairy Trade index declines
• Dairy Defined: A world without cows
• Two decades in the making: FDA publishes final rule on yogurt standard of identity
• Delays sought on implementation of EU import certification requirements
• Things you might have missed: Ag labor, the Packers and Stockyards Act, the return of WOTUS, JBS ransom payment and more

Uniform milk prices, producer price differentials (PPDs) and milk pooling behavior stayed on trend in May across most Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs). Monthly price announcements, released by FMMO administrators during the week ending June 11, showed uniform or “blend” prices posted small increases from the month before, while PPDs headed deeper into negative territory and were the lowest since December 2020.

The U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program has a new class of recipients who demonstrate excellence in implementing socially responsible, economically viable and environmentally sound practices and technologies. Progressive Dairy will feature all seven award winners online and in the July 1, 2021, issue of the print magazine. Check back for links to articles featuring individual award winners.