# Class III Milk On Trajectory For Improvement - EDairy News English

> The March Class III base milk price was $15.04 per hundredweight, up $1.15 from February and 82 cents above March 2018, the highest since October. Analysts expect prices to improve further, with some seeing $16 by May or June.

- Date: 2019-04-09 · published 2019-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59730-class-iii-milk-on-trajectory-for-improvement-edairy-news-english
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A rising Class III price signals firmer dairy margins and stronger milk values, which can support dairy cow feed demand and related feed ingredient purchasing.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2019-05-31 | [Dairy Situation And Outlook: Milk Market Looks To Continue Improvement - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59220-dairy-situation-and-outlook-milk-market-looks-to-continue-improvement-edairy.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| MILK | 2022-03-25 | [Milk Production Continues To Fall While Prices Climb - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42281-milk-production-continues-to-fall-while-prices-climb-edairy-news-english.md) | +5.6% | +8.5% |
| MILK | 2021-12-27 | [USDA Forecasts Lower Milk Production, Higher Prices - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43588-usda-forecasts-lower-milk-production-higher-prices-edairy-news-english.md) | -0.1% | +10.1% |
| MILK | 2019-04-25 | [2019 Could Be Year Of Recovery For Dairy Industry - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59729-2019-could-be-year-of-recovery-for-dairy-industry-edairy-news-english.md) | +1.3% | +2.6% |
| MILK | 2021-05-18 | [Benchmark Milk Price Jumps $1.52 - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47237-benchmark-milk-price-jumps-1-52-edairy-news-english.md) | +0.5% | -8.5% |

## Sources

- en.edairynews.com: https://en.edairynews.com/class-iii-milk-on-trajectory-for-improvement/

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