# Milk prices may start moving in the right direction

> INTL FCStone economist Bill Brooks says the February WASDE projects 2019 all-milk price at $17.25/cwt, up $1.05 from 2018, and feed costs rising only slightly as higher corn offsets lower soybean prices. He estimates 2019 income over feed costs at $9.26/cwt, above 2018 but below the five-year average.

- Date: 2019-03-21 · published 2019-03-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60256-milk-prices-may-start-moving-in-the-right-direction
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher projected milk prices with modestly higher feed costs improve dairy producer margins and could support herd retention, though feed costs cap the gain.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bullish ▲
- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-09-14 | [Declining Milk Production Leads to Higher Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45215-declining-milk-production-leads-to-higher-prices.md) | +0.1% | +8.1% |
| MILK | 2025-06-05 | [May milk prices to strengthen following disappointing April \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24381-may-milk-prices-to-strengthen-following-disappointing-april-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -7.2% |
| MILK | 2024-10-12 | [Class III milk price highest in more than 2 years - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28017-class-iii-milk-price-highest-in-more-than-2-years-dairy-star.md) | +1.0% | -11.1% |
| MILK | 2017-01-23 | [2017 milk prices may average $2 more than 2016](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73021-2017-milk-prices-may-average-2-more-than-2016.md) | -0.1% | +0.7% |
| MILK | 2022-07-10 | [Record-high Dairy Prices But Milk Collection Marginally Down In EU - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40494-record-high-dairy-prices-but-milk-collection-marginally-down-in-eu-edairy-news.md) | -1.2% | -12.2% |
| CORN | 2026-07-25 | [USDA raises milk production estimates - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18527-usda-raises-milk-production-estimates-dairy-star.md) | -4.8% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2025-05-12 | [Initial Reaction to the May WASDE Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24611-initial-reaction-to-the-may-wasde-report.md) | +0.0% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2019-09-13 | [Milk price highest in 5 years \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57230-milk-price-highest-in-5-years-thefencepost-com.md) | +3.9% | +5.5% |

## Sources

- hoards.com: https://hoards.com/article-25187-milk-prices-may-start-moving-in-the-right-direction.html

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