# Evaluating the Implications of the USDA AMS Final Decision on Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs)

> The University of Wisconsin extension analysis reviews USDA AMS's final decision to amend pricing formulas for all 11 FMMOs, following a 49-day hearing and a producer referendum. It highlights faster skim milk composition implementation, a new marketing cost factor, nonfat dry milk make allowance changes, and Class I differential modifications.

- Date: 2025-02-01 · published 2025-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26672-evaluating-the-implications-of-the-usda-ams-final-decision-on-federal-milk
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The details of make allowance and formula changes determine how milk prices are calculated, affecting producer returns and dairy price outlooks once implemented.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-01-16 | [USDA Issues Final Rule on Amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders \| Agricultural Marketing Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26516-usda-issues-final-rule-on-amendments-to-the-federal-milk-marketing-orders.md) | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 2024-09-04 | [Decoding USDA’s FMMO Recommendations \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28318-decoding-usda-s-fmmo-recommendations-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | +12.1% | +13.1% |

## Sources

- farms.extension.wisc.edu: https://farms.extension.wisc.edu/articles/evaluating-the-implications-of-the-usda-ams-final-decision-on-federal-milk-marketing-orders-fmmos/

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