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A Penn State-linked dairy outlook projects Pennsylvania All Milk Prices of $18-$19/cwt for the first half of 2019, possibly $17-$18 given narrowing gaps to Class III. It reports the US dairy herd was 13,000 head smaller in September year-over-year while milk output rose 1.5% on higher productivity, and cow prices fell 24%.
Rising productivity against a shrinking herd keeps milk supply ample, so modest price recovery is expected but margins stay tight, limiting dairy feed demand growth.
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