# What happened? What’s next? - Regulatory changes ahead - Progressive Dairy | Ag Proud

> Federal Milk Marketing Order administrators reported October 2021 uniform prices, with all class prices higher than September. A widening Class III and IV spread caused more depooling and a return of negative producer price differentials.

- Date: 2021-12-11 · published 2021-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43753-what-happened-what-s-next-regulatory-changes-ahead-progressive-dairy-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A wider class spread and negative PPDs affect dairy farm income distribution, while higher class prices support overall milk price expectations for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-06-11 | [What happened? What’s next? - Is the market fixing itself? - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46753-what-happened-what-s-next-is-the-market-fixing-itself-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -2.0% |
| MILK | 2022-08-22 | [What happened What's Next: NMPF lays out FMMO modernization timeline \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40205-what-happened-what-s-next-nmpf-lays-out-fmmo-modernization-timeline-ag-proud.md) | +0.2% | -0.9% |
| MILK | 2019-01-09 | [Weekly Digest: Dairy leader urges government cheese drawdown - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61256-weekly-digest-dairy-leader-urges-government-cheese-drawdown-progressive-dairy.md) | -0.2% | -1.0% |
| MILK | 2022-06-02 | [Weekly Digest II: ADC seeks answers on pricing concerns, hearing criteria - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6239-weekly-digest-ii-adc-seeks-answers-on-pricing-concerns-hearing-criteria.md) | -3.6% | -10.6% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/54711-what-happened-what-s-next-regulatory-changes-ahead

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