# October brought another surge in negative PPDs - Progressive Dairy | Ag Proud

> The October Class III milk price rose to $21.61/cwt, up $5.18 from September, driven by protein values lifted by cheese prices tied to USDA food box purchases. The October Class IV price was $13.47/cwt, up 72 cents from September. Negative producer price differentials continued in several federal milk marketing orders as COVID-19 cases rose.

- Date: 2020-11-14 · published 2020-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50302-october-brought-another-surge-in-negative-ppds-progressive-dairy-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Strong cheese and protein prices support milk values, which can raise dairy-farm margins and improve demand for dairy-related feed, though the rally depends heavily on government purchases.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-11-16 | [October brought return of depooling, negative PPDs - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44195-october-brought-return-of-depooling-negative-ppds-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | -0.3% | +3.2% |
| MILK | 2019-11-01 | [No September DMC indemnity payments as margin jumps - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4108-no-september-dmc-indemnity-payments-as-margin-jumps-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | -0.8% | +1.4% |
| MILK | 2019-12-11 | [2020 milk price outlook improves - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55581-2020-milk-price-outlook-improves-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | -0.3% | -12.8% |
| MILK | 2019-09-19 | [U.S. milk production growth remains small in August - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57060-u-s-milk-production-growth-remains-small-in-august-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | +0.1% | +2.0% |
| MILK | 2021-04-10 | [WASDE: USDA sees more milk and price improvement too - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47768-wasde-usda-sees-more-milk-and-price-improvement-too-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | -0.2% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/36210-october-brought-another-surge-in-negative-ppds

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