# From dairy pricing to private well testing, Wisconsin farmers, lawmakers have eye on next farm bill - WPR

> Wisconsin farm groups and lawmakers outlined their 2023 farm bill priorities, including restoring the pre-2018 Class I milk pricing formula. The article says the current averaging method left farmers exposed when cheese prices rose sharply during the pandemic.

- Date: 2023-04-19 · published 2023-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36404-from-dairy-pricing-to-private-well-testing-wisconsin-farmers-lawmakers-have-eye
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A change to the Class I milk pricing formula would alter how dairy returns are calculated, but it is a proposal with no immediate effect on milk prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-05-30 | [As Wisconsin continues to lose dairy farms, a national dairy group hopes to make milk more profitable - WPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36098-as-wisconsin-continues-to-lose-dairy-farms-a-national-dairy-group-hopes-to-make.md) | -6.0% | -7.7% |
| MILK | 2021-06-02 | [Weekly Digest: Lawmakers target school milk, milk pricing - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5682-weekly-digest-lawmakers-target-school-milk-milk-pricing-progressive-dairy-ag.md) | -10.3% | -9.4% |
| MILK | 2018-01-02 | [Welcome to 2018, with all eyes on farm bill - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66978-welcome-to-2018-with-all-eyes-on-farm-bill-politico.md) | -10.1% | -9.9% |
| MILK | 2025-12-19 | [Lawmakers Eye More Farm Aid on Top of USDA Bridge Assistance \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21486-lawmakers-eye-more-farm-aid-on-top-of-usda-bridge-assistance-farm-policy-news.md) | +0.4% | -6.6% |
| MILK | 2018-12-26 | [Lots of good things for dairy in new farm bill](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61717-lots-of-good-things-for-dairy-in-new-farm-bill.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- wpr.org: https://www.wpr.org/agriculture/dairy-pricing-private-well-testing-wisconsin-farmers-lawmakers-have-eye-next-farm-bill

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