# How should we measure ’milk‘ production? | 2019-06-10  | Dairy Foods

> An analysis argues that USDA's headline monthly milk production figure counts total pounds of water, fat, protein and other solids. It says the solids content is what drives dairy product supply, and that the figure does not measure it directly.

- Date: 2019-06-10 · published 2019-06-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58610-how-should-we-measure-milk-production-2019-06-10-dairy-foods
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The argument suggests the headline milk production number can misstate actual dairy product supply, so market reactions to it may be off.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2026-01-24 | [USDA increases 2026 milk production forecast - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21063-usda-increases-2026-milk-production-forecast-dairy-star.md) | -0.5% | +2.2% |
| MILK | 2025-04-23 | [Class III Futures Surge on Weak Milk Production Report - Dairy Herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25283-class-iii-futures-surge-on-weak-milk-production-report-dairy-herd.md) | +0.4% | +6.6% |
| MILK | 2024-02-29 | [Global dairy forecast: 2024 milk production and trade - Dairy Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31686-global-dairy-forecast-2024-milk-production-and-trade-dairy-global.md) | -4.1% | -4.8% |
| MILK | 2020-04-24 | [Dairy prices fall as milk production rises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6500-dairy-prices-fall-as-milk-production-rises.md) | -13.8% | -7.5% |
| MILK | 2026-06-29 | [Record milk production keeps pressure on dairy prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18977-record-milk-production-keeps-pressure-on-dairy-prices.md) | -2.7% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- dairyfoods.com: https://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/93648-how-should-we-measure-milk-production

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