# Milk output continuing to climb but appears to be slowing | Dairy | leadertelegram.com

> USDA's Milk Production report showed March 2018 US milk output of 18.99 billion pounds in 50 states, up 1.3 percent, with the 51st consecutive monthly gain. Butter stocks rose 2.9 percent in March to 273.6 million pounds according to the Cold Storage report.

- Date: 2018-04-30 · published 2018-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65655-milk-output-continuing-to-climb-but-appears-to-be-slowing-dairy-leadertelegram
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Continued milk output growth and rising butter stocks add to oversupply, which keeps pressure on dairy product prices and the milk price outlook.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2017-09-25 | [Bearish milk supply nudges more cows into ‘retirement’ \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69081-bearish-milk-supply-nudges-more-cows-into-retirement-dairy-leadertelegram-com.md) | +0.1% | +1.4% |
| MILK | 2017-04-17 | [Cheesemakers cancel downtime as surplus milk flows in \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71638-cheesemakers-cancel-downtime-as-surplus-milk-flows-in-dairy-leadertelegram-com.md) | -0.2% | +2.3% |
| MILK | 2017-09-18 | [Milk production estimates raised on milk-per-cow growth \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68975-milk-production-estimates-raised-on-milk-per-cow-growth-dairy-leadertelegram-com.md) | +0.9% | +3.0% |
| MILK | 2019-04-01 | [Worst of prolonged dairy downturn may be past \| Market Columns \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8732-worst-of-prolonged-dairy-downturn-may-be-past-market-columns-leadertelegram-com.md) | +5.2% | +6.0% |
| MILK | 2017-06-26 | [Cheese inventory hits record; fluid milk consumption takes another hit \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10590-cheese-inventory-hits-record-fluid-milk-consumption-takes-another-hit-dairy.md) | -3.9% | -5.2% |

## Sources

- leadertelegram.com: https://www.leadertelegram.com/country-today/farm/dairy/milk-output-continuing-to-climb-but-appears-to-be-slowing/article_91dfeb07-927d-508d-9c09-55a52e2b56e0.html

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