# Weekly Digest: ‘Light’ milk checks, ‘dry’ cows and supply management message coming to Wisconsin -  | Ag Proud

> USDA Farm Service Agency was still finalizing details for reopening the 2018 MPP-Dairy enrollment period, which will run 90 days. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative cut its February advance price to $10 per cwt in some orders and apologized to members.

- Date: 2018-03-07 · published 2018-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66149-weekly-digest-light-milk-checks-dry-cows-and-supply-management-message-coming
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Weak milk prices and farm-level margin stress can lead to herd reductions over time, but the immediate effect on feed demand is limited.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-05-18 | [Weekly Digest: Dairy co-ops add support to NMPF petition \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36096-weekly-digest-dairy-co-ops-add-support-to-nmpf-petition-ag-proud.md) | +0.1% | -7.8% |
| MILK | 2021-06-02 | [Weekly Digest: Lawmakers target school milk, milk pricing - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5682-weekly-digest-lawmakers-target-school-milk-milk-pricing-progressive-dairy-ag.md) | -10.3% | -9.4% |
| MILK | 2019-01-09 | [Weekly Digest: Dairy leader urges government cheese drawdown - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61256-weekly-digest-dairy-leader-urges-government-cheese-drawdown-progressive-dairy.md) | -0.2% | -1.0% |
| MILK | 2017-10-04 | [Weekly Digest: MPP-Dairy late filing a ‘black swan’ option -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68589-weekly-digest-mpp-dairy-late-filing-a-black-swan-option-ag-proud.md) | +2.0% | +2.1% |
| MILK | 2022-06-02 | [Weekly Digest II: ADC seeks answers on pricing concerns, hearing criteria - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6239-weekly-digest-ii-adc-seeks-answers-on-pricing-concerns-hearing-criteria.md) | -3.6% | -10.6% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/31184-weekly-digest-light-milk-checks-dry-cows-and-supply-management-message-coming-to-wisconsin

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