# Dairy Industry News Roundup: Week of August 1 - 7, 2026 - Therio

> USDA reported June 2026 US milk output at 18.93 billion pounds, up 2.4% year over year, with the herd growing by 185,000 head. The August Class I base skim milk price fell $2.73/cwt from July, and CME spot cheese closed near $1.535/lb.

- Date: 2026-08-07 · published 2026-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4736-dairy-industry-news-roundup-week-of-august-1-7-2026-therio
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Rising milk output and a larger herd point to ample dairy supply, pressuring milk prices and limiting demand for dairy-based feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2022-08-03 | [August 3, 2022: Dairy Week In Review \| Center for Dairy Excellence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4575-august-3-2022-dairy-week-in-review-center-for-dairy-excellence.md) | -10.8% | -10.7% |
| MILK | 2023-05-25 | [More Milk, Lower Prices: Dairy Industry’s 2024 Forecast - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35966-more-milk-lower-prices-dairy-industry-s-2024-forecast-edairy-news-english.md) | -3.5% | -7.8% |
| MILK | 2026-06-17 | [June 17, 2026: Dairy Week In Review \| Center for Dairy Excellence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18808-june-17-2026-dairy-week-in-review-center-for-dairy-excellence.md) | +0.2% | -1.4% |
| MILK | 2026-02-11 | [Dairy Industry Snapshot](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20615-dairy-industry-snapshot.md) | -0.7% | +6.5% |
| MILK | 2025-10-22 | [Milk production up more than 3% in August, pushing dairy prices down - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22574-milk-production-up-more-than-3-in-august-pushing-dairy-prices-down-brownfield.md) | -0.4% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- therio.ai: https://therio.ai/news/dairy-industry-news-roundup-week-of-august-1-august-7-2026

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