# Dairy Industry Snapshot

> Farm Credit East's February snapshot shows 2025 average milk prices falling and 2026 forecasts well below 2025 levels, with the Boston Blend at $17.78 and the USDA all-milk price at $18.25 per hundredweight. It also reports a larger national herd and higher milk output than a year earlier.

- Date: 2026-02-11 · published 2026-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20615-dairy-industry-snapshot
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower projected milk prices and a bigger herd point to continued pressure on dairy margins and milk price levels in 2026.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2026-08-07 | [Dairy Industry News Roundup: Week of August 1 - 7, 2026 - Therio](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4736-dairy-industry-news-roundup-week-of-august-1-7-2026-therio.md) | -0.7% | -2.2% |
| MILK | 2023-05-25 | [More Milk, Lower Prices: Dairy Industry’s 2024 Forecast - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35966-more-milk-lower-prices-dairy-industry-s-2024-forecast-edairy-news-english.md) | -3.5% | -7.8% |
| MILK | 2017-06-26 | [Optimism growing faster than supply, says Rabobank - Dairy Industries International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70506-optimism-growing-faster-than-supply-says-rabobank-dairy-industries-international.md) | -3.9% | -5.2% |
| MILK | 2017-12-01 | [IFCN says low milk production in 2016 caused 2017 price peak - Dairy Industries International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67495-ifcn-says-low-milk-production-in-2016-caused-2017-price-peak-dairy-industries.md) | +0.9% | +0.2% |
| MILK | 2025-07-26 | [Export demand remains strong - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23791-export-demand-remains-strong-dairy-star.md) | -0.8% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- farmcrediteast.com: https://www.farmcrediteast.com/en/resources/Industry-Trends-and-Outlooks/Reports/Dairy-Industry-Snapshot

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