# Mielke: Dairy industry calls for help | Capital Press

> The National Milk Producers Federation and International Dairy Foods Association asked USDA for aid, including $3 per hundredweight payments on 90% of production for farms cutting output 10%, and $525 million in government dairy product purchases. Dairy markets kept falling in early April as food service sales collapsed and producers dumped milk.

- Date: 2020-04-07 · published 2020-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5746-mielke-dairy-industry-calls-for-help-capital-press
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Proposed production cuts and government purchases could reduce surplus supply and support milk prices, though demand losses still dominate.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2020-04-10 | [Pandemic Weakening Milk Prices; Industry Calls for Policy Action - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53641-pandemic-weakening-milk-prices-industry-calls-for-policy-action-everycrsreport.md) | -1.1% | -14.8% |
| MILK | 2023-09-26 | [Milk, cheese prices fall while USDA, industry discuss proposals - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34251-milk-cheese-prices-fall-while-usda-industry-discuss-proposals-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | -8.5% |
| MILK | 2023-11-28 | [Make allowances and milk prices \| Dairy Processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6754-make-allowances-and-milk-prices-dairy-processing.md) | -5.8% | -6.1% |
| MILK | 2020-12-01 | [News for Dairy Co-ops - December 2020 - NMPF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4225-news-for-dairy-co-ops-december-2020-nmpf.md) | -33.9% | -32.3% |
| MILK | 2025-09-27 | [Milk checks reflect new Federal Order pricing - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23043-milk-checks-reflect-new-federal-order-pricing-dairy-star.md) | -2.0% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2020/04/07/mielke-dairy-industry-calls-for-help/

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