# April uniform milk prices, PPDs rise | Ag Proud

> The federal milk marketing order uniform prices rose an average of $1.48/cwt from March to April, reaching an average of $20.03/cwt across the 11 orders. All producer price differentials were positive, and every order's uniform price gained. The increase reflected continued dairy demand and abundant processing capacity.

- Date: 2026-05-14 · published 2026-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19417-april-uniform-milk-prices-ppds-rise-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Higher uniform and producer price differentials signal firmer milk values across US regions, supporting farm margins and feed-buying capacity for dairy herds.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2026-04-01 | [Milk prices rising is not an April Fools’ joke \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6423-milk-prices-rising-is-not-an-april-fools-joke-ag-proud.md) | +6.8% | +7.4% |
| MILK | 2026-04-16 | [Uniform milk prices are firm heading into spring flush \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19712-uniform-milk-prices-are-firm-heading-into-spring-flush-ag-proud.md) | -0.8% | +0.7% |
| MILK | 2022-04-14 | [FMMO uniform prices, Class IV depooling march on \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42000-fmmo-uniform-prices-class-iv-depooling-march-on-ag-proud.md) | +0.4% | +3.0% |
| MILK | 2017-03-01 | [Milk prices, margins held in January -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5044-milk-prices-margins-held-in-january-ag-proud.md) | -5.5% | -6.2% |
| MILK | 2025-06-05 | [May milk prices to strengthen following disappointing April \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24381-may-milk-prices-to-strengthen-following-disappointing-april-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -7.2% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/63484-april-uniform-milk-prices-ppds-rise

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