
USDA's annual Milk Production, Disposition and Income report shows U.S. dairy cow numbers averaged 9.392 million head in 2017, up about 67,000 from 2016, with milk per cow up 163 pounds. Total milk production rose 1.4% to 215.5 billion pounds, and producer returns averaged $17.69 per hundredweight, 8.3% above 2016.
Higher cow numbers and output add to milk supply, which weighs on dairy prices, even as 2017 producer returns improved on 2016. The report is backward-looking and shows no new price shock.
Tras 136 eventos neutral de informe pasados, Leche (Clase III) se movió una mediana de -0,1 % en 5 sesiones (43% al alza; mitad central entre -0,7 % y +0,5 %), y -0,3 % en 20.
Variaciones de la referencia de cada materia prima desde el último cierre antes del evento. Las lecturas históricas agrupan eventos pasados del mismo tipo; describen lo ocurrido, no lo que ocurrirá. No es asesoramiento de inversión.