# Dairy farms weather long stretch of low milk prices | AP News

> Dairy farmers across the U.S. are struggling through a prolonged period of low milk prices, the weakest since 2014. Experts attribute the problem mainly to excess fluid milk supply relative to demand.

- Date: 2018-07-14 · published 2018-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64182-dairy-farms-weather-long-stretch-of-low-milk-prices-ap-news
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent oversupply keeps milk prices depressed, reducing farm income and herd economics that drive demand for feed and dairy-related feedstuffs.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2020-04-02 | [Dairy farmers begin to flush away milk due to coronavirus \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4159-dairy-farmers-begin-to-flush-away-milk-due-to-coronavirus-ap-news.md) | -4.6% | -21.3% |
| MILK | 2021-07-07 | [What does inflation mean for milk prices? - Dairy Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46216-what-does-inflation-mean-for-milk-prices-dairy-producer.md) | +0.7% | -1.8% |
| MILK | 2023-03-17 | [As commodity prices slide, dairies brace for collapsing farmgate milk prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36864-as-commodity-prices-slide-dairies-brace-for-collapsing-farmgate-milk-prices.md) | +0.6% | +3.4% |
| MILK | 2022-07-07 | [What Do Recent Falling Feed Prices Mean For Dairy Producers? - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8551-what-do-recent-falling-feed-prices-mean-for-dairy-producers-edairy-news-english.md) | +1.5% | -10.0% |
| MILK | 2020-04-24 | [Idaho dairymen dump milk as demand, prices fall \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6502-idaho-dairymen-dump-milk-as-demand-prices-fall-capital-press.md) | -13.8% | -7.5% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/general-news-6006b198e8af4f14a717aa507a4e9a6d

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