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A StoneX dairy economist said 2022 set record milk prices across Class I, II, III and IV and farmgate levels. Margins held up in the first half, but a roughly $5 drop in milk prices in the second half and persistently high feed costs are pressuring margins into early 2023.
High feed costs combined with falling milk prices reduce dairy producer margins, which can limit herd expansion and future demand for feed ingredients.
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