# USDA Issues Final Rule on Amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders | Agricultural Marketing Service

> USDA's AMS announced a final rule amending the uniform pricing formulas in all 11 Federal milk marketing orders, after producers in each order approved the changes in referenda. Changes include updated skim milk composition factors, with a delayed implementation, and the removal of barrel cheese from the pricing formulas.

- Date: 2025-01-16 · published 2025-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26516-usda-issues-final-rule-on-amendments-to-the-federal-milk-marketing-orders
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The reformed pricing formulas will change how US milk prices are set from June 2025, which could shift farm-gate milk values and regional price relationships. The impact on overall dairy price direction is uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-07-01 | [USDA Issues Recommended Decision Proposing Amendments to  all Eleven Federal Milk Marketing Orders \| Agricultural Marketing Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29262-usda-issues-recommended-decision-proposing-amendments-to-all-eleven-federal.md) | -0.7% | -0.5% |
| MILK | 2024-11-14 | [USDA Agricultural Service Releases Federal Milk Marketing Order Decision - Dairy Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27406-usda-agricultural-service-releases-federal-milk-marketing-order-decision-dairy.md) | -0.3% | -6.0% |
| MILK | 2025-02-24 | [Pricing Amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26045-pricing-amendments-to-the-federal-milk-marketing-orders-everycrsreport-com.md) | +0.0% | -8.4% |
| MILK | 2025-02-01 | [Evaluating the Implications of the USDA AMS Final Decision on Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26672-evaluating-the-implications-of-the-usda-ams-final-decision-on-federal-milk.md) | -1.3% | -0.8% |
| MILK | 2024-07-15 | [Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreements and Orders \| 89 FR 57580](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29418-milk-in-the-northeast-and-other-marketing-areas-proposed-amendments-to.md) | +0.5% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- ams.usda.gov: https://www.ams.usda.gov/content/usda-issues-final-rule-amendments-federal-milk-marketing-orders

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