# The Farmer's Exchange Online For Now, U.S. Dairy Products Escape Countertariffs

> Lee Mielke's weekly column reports that US dairy products avoided Chinese countertariffs for now, while China imposed new tariffs on US energy and farm equipment. Mexican buyers have grown cautious on US milk powder, and USDA cut its 2025 milk production forecast in the February WASDE.

- Date: 2025-02-21 · published 2025-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26038-the-farmer-s-exchange-online-for-now-u-s-dairy-products-escape-countertariffs
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Tariff threats and softer Mexican demand for milk powder weigh on export outlets, while the lower USDA milk output forecast offers some support to prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-02-28 | [Tariffs to Artificial Intelligence, Dairy Market Faces a Number of Uncertainties](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26206-tariffs-to-artificial-intelligence-dairy-market-faces-a-number-of-uncertainties.md) | -9.5% | -7.7% |
| MILK | 2024-07-31 | [Dry whey sales are important to dairy farm prices in the US](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6831-dry-whey-sales-are-important-to-dairy-farm-prices-in-the-us.md) | +2.3% | +4.1% |
| MILK | 2023-01-06 | [U.S.-Canada dairy trade relationship remains strained \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5545-u-s-canada-dairy-trade-relationship-remains-strained-ag-proud.md) | +2.1% | -6.2% |
| MILK | 2020-08-27 | [Exports pull down dairy stocks \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51634-exports-pull-down-dairy-stocks-capital-press.md) | -15.1% | -16.7% |
| MILK | 2018-06-12 | [Canadian dairy sector skimming global exports, U.S. complains - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64636-canadian-dairy-sector-skimming-global-exports-u-s-complains-agcanada.md) | -0.6% | -8.1% |

## Sources

- farmers-exchange.net: http://www.farmers-exchange.net/detailPage.aspx?articleID=24191

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