# With help from cheese, milk prices finally improving - Agweek | #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets

> After five years of low prices, some U.S. dairy operations are back above break-even, with milk roughly $1.30 to $1.40 per hundredweight higher than a year earlier. Cheese prices have been volatile, but inventories are being drawn down. Domestic dairy demand has been strong, while U.S. cow numbers are down about 30,000 head so far in 2019.

- Date: 2019-10-14 · published 2019-10-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56719-with-help-from-cheese-milk-prices-finally-improving-agweek-1-source-for
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower cow numbers, slower milk output growth and declining cheese stocks support higher milk prices. Buyers of dairy-based feed inputs should expect firmer dairy markets.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- agweek.com: https://www.agweek.com/business/with-help-from-cheese-milk-prices-finally-improving

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