# Export demand remains strong - Dairy Star

> Lee Mielke's weekly column reports USDA raised 2025 and 2026 milk production forecasts on higher cow numbers and output per cow. The 2025 Class III milk price was projected at $18.50 per hundredweight, down 15 cents. USDA also cut 2025-26 corn ending stocks by 90 million bushels while raising exports to a projected record 2.8 billion bushels.

- Date: 2025-07-26 · published 2025-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23791-export-demand-remains-strong-dairy-star
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher milk output pressures dairy prices, while the lower corn ending stocks and record export forecast support corn values for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2026-03-28 | [Milk production rising in major export regions - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6430-milk-production-rising-in-major-export-regions-dairy-star.md) | +8.7% | +4.3% |
| MILK | 2025-09-23 | [Dairy Production, Demand Expected To Increase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22859-dairy-production-demand-expected-to-increase.md) | -0.4% | -3.7% |
| MILK | 2024-10-21 | [Dairy prices expected to remain high entering 2025 \| Dairy Processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27860-dairy-prices-expected-to-remain-high-entering-2025-dairy-processing.md) | -0.1% | -12.5% |
| MILK | 2026-01-10 | [Milk prices lower again - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21215-milk-prices-lower-again-dairy-star.md) | -0.8% | +2.4% |
| MILK | 2021-06-25 | [As Higher Milk Production Forecasts Settle In, Can Export Demand Help Save Prices? - Dairy Herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46748-as-higher-milk-production-forecasts-settle-in-can-export-demand-help-save.md) | -2.6% | -3.6% |
| CORN | 2025-01-28 | [US grain transportation demand remains strong in Q4 \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16483-us-grain-transportation-demand-remains-strong-in-q4-feed-and-grain.md) | +0.7% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2026-07-31 | [Grain Transport Demand Strong Despite Fuel Price Swings \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16352-grain-transport-demand-strong-despite-fuel-price-swings-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.1% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2020-08-27 | [Weekly Export Sales – Corn comes in strong](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51590-weekly-export-sales-corn-comes-in-strong.md) | +1.6% | +7.0% |

## Sources

- dairystar.com: https://dairystar.com/stories/export-demand-remains-strong,29060

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