# USDA: California milk prices higher in federal system | Capital Press

> 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.

- Date: 2018-04-10 · published 2018-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65653-usda-california-milk-prices-higher-in-federal-system-capital-press
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A shift in California's pricing system could change regional milk pricing and production, with potential effects on national milk prices over time.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-02-26 | [DMC enrollment to commence as USDA expects higher milk prices in 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5462-dmc-enrollment-to-commence-as-usda-expects-higher-milk-prices-in-2024.md) | +3.9% | +1.7% |
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| MILK | 2024-11-14 | [USDA Agricultural Service Releases Federal Milk Marketing Order Decision - Dairy Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27406-usda-agricultural-service-releases-federal-milk-marketing-order-decision-dairy.md) | -0.3% | -6.0% |
| MILK | 2025-01-16 | [USDA Issues Final Rule on Amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders \| Agricultural Marketing Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26516-usda-issues-final-rule-on-amendments-to-the-federal-milk-marketing-orders.md) | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| MILK | 2017-11-08 | [High stakes milk producers as they await action from USDA, Congress \| 2017-11-07 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10558-high-stakes-milk-producers-as-they-await-action-from-usda-congress-2017-11-07.md) | +2.1% | -5.8% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2018/04/10/usda-california-milk-prices-higher-in-federal-system/

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