# Weekly Digest: California producers seek emergency hearing, milk price hike -  | Ag Proud

> California dairy groups asked the state agriculture department for an emergency hearing to raise minimum milk prices for April 2018 through March 2019. The proposal seeks a 60-cent per cwt increase for Class 1, 2 and 3 milk and smaller increases for Class 4a and 4b.

- Date: 2018-01-24 · published 2018-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67124-weekly-digest-california-producers-seek-emergency-hearing-milk-price-hike-ag
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A higher state minimum price would raise California's cost of milk if approved, but the request is a proposal and has no immediate effect on national milk supply.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/31320-weekly-digest-california-producers-seek-emergency-hearing-milk-price-hike

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