# “By The Middle Of Next Year, Expansions To US Cheese Processing Are Expected To Boost Cheese Output By Nearly 20 Million Pounds Per Day." - EDairy News English

> USDA finalized its Federal Order dairy pricing reform, which raises the make allowance and lowers federal order minimum prices, with a producer referendum planned for December or January. Implementation timing is still unclear, though changes could begin as early as March pricing. US cheese output is also expected to rise by nearly 20 million pounds per day by mid-2025 as processing expansions come online.

- Date: 2024-11-25 · published 2024-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27554-by-the-middle-of-next-year-expansions-to-us-cheese-processing-are-expected-to
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower minimum class prices under the reform would reduce producer milk checks, and rising cheese output adds supply pressure on cheese and milk prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-09-26 | [Milk, cheese prices fall while USDA, industry discuss proposals - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34251-milk-cheese-prices-fall-while-usda-industry-discuss-proposals-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | -8.5% |
| MILK | 2025-09-27 | [Milk checks reflect new Federal Order pricing - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23043-milk-checks-reflect-new-federal-order-pricing-dairy-star.md) | -2.0% | -3.9% |
| MILK | 2023-11-28 | [Make allowances and milk prices \| Dairy Processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6754-make-allowances-and-milk-prices-dairy-processing.md) | -5.8% | -6.1% |
| MILK | 2024-08-20 | [SCIO briefing on promoting high-quality development: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs \| english.scio.gov.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28749-scio-briefing-on-promoting-high-quality-development-ministry-of-agriculture-and.md) | +0.1% | +12.9% |
| MILK | 2018-08-02 | [Is the Milk Margin Protection Program doing enough to help Vt. farmers?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5860-is-the-milk-margin-protection-program-doing-enough-to-help-vt-farmers.md) | 0.0% | +10.9% |

## Sources

- en.edairynews.com: https://en.edairynews.com/by-the-middle-of-next-year-expansions-to-us-cheese-processing-are-expected-to-boost-cheese-output-by-nearly-20-million-pounds-per-day/

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