
NMPF leaders, at their virtual annual meeting, said cheese volatility and shifting milk production during COVID-19 created large mismatches between Class III, Class IV and Class I prices. They cited negative producer price differentials and depooling as problems.
The group is pushing for risk management programs that address these issues.
Pricing volatility and federal order distortions affect dairy farmer margins and risk-management decisions. The direct impact on feed-ingredient demand is limited.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.