
California dairy farmers are weighing whether to leave the state marketing order and join the federal milk marketing order system. A USDA Agricultural Marketing Service analysis finds gains for California farmers but negative impacts for dairy farmers in some other regions.
A shift in California's pricing system could change regional milk pricing and production, with potential effects on national milk prices over time.
After 93 past neutral policy events, Milk (Class III) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.6%), and +0.2% over 20.
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