# US Dairy Outlook - Morning Ag Clips

> USDA's Economic Research Service outlook notes that US milk production in September 2018 was 1.3% above a year earlier, with NASS revising milk cow numbers lower for June through August. The forecast for a smaller herd in 2019 has been cut to 9.375 million head, while 2019 milk production is projected at 220.9 billion pounds.

- Date: 2019-01-09 · published 2019-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61108-us-dairy-outlook-morning-ag-clips
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller US milking herd with higher output per cow points to flat-to-slightly-lower total milk supply, which supports dairy prices. Lower cow numbers also reduce demand for dairy byproduct feeds over time.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-03-19 | [Dairy Outlook: March 2024 - Dairy Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31200-dairy-outlook-march-2024-dairy-producer.md) | -0.1% | -5.9% |
| MILK | 2022-02-25 | [USDA forecasts positive outlook for US dairy in 2022 \| Dairy Processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42724-usda-forecasts-positive-outlook-for-us-dairy-in-2022-dairy-processing.md) | +7.1% | +7.0% |
| MILK | 2019-12-11 | [2020 milk price outlook improves - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55581-2020-milk-price-outlook-improves-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | -0.3% | -12.8% |
| MILK | 2025-01-22 | [Dairy Outlook: January 2025 - Dairy Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26519-dairy-outlook-january-2025-dairy-producer.md) | +0.2% | +0.2% |
| MILK | 2019-04-22 | [Dairy Situation and Outlook, April 22, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59605-dairy-situation-and-outlook-april-22-2019.md) | +0.3% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- morningagclips.com: https://www.morningagclips.com/us-dairy-outlook/

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