# Mielke: June Dairy Month not too happy | TheFencePost.com

> The USDA set the May Federal order Class III milk price at $15.18 per cwt., up 71 cents from April but 39 cents below May 2017. Futures pointed to higher Class III prices for June through September, and dairy producers remain under financial strain.

- Date: 2018-06-08 · published 2018-06-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64656-mielke-june-dairy-month-not-too-happy-thefencepost-com
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Futures indicating a seasonal rise in Class III prices supports the outlook for firmer milk prices in the second half of the year, though producer margins remain thin.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2016-12-15 | [Mielke: Milk Prices split, cheese prices mostly down \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73620-mielke-milk-prices-split-cheese-prices-mostly-down-thefencepost-com.md) | +0.3% | -2.6% |
| MILK | 2018-05-11 | [Mielke: Milk prices slowly climbing \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65156-mielke-milk-prices-slowly-climbing-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.1% | +1.5% |
| MILK | 2017-03-10 | [Mielke: Class III milk prices increase \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72153-mielke-class-iii-milk-prices-increase-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.9% | -4.3% |
| MILK | 2023-09-08 | [Milk price jumps $3.42 \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34256-milk-price-jumps-3-42-thefencepost-com.md) | -1.0% | -9.3% |
| MILK | 2025-02-14 | [Benchmark jumps $1.72 \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26203-benchmark-jumps-1-72-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.5% | -8.8% |

## Sources

- thefencepost.com: https://www.thefencepost.com/news/mielke-june-dairy-month-not-too-happy/

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