# Signs of Milk Market Hope

> Butter inventories were reported down 4 percent year over year while cheese stocks rose 7 percent. The US national dairy herd is the largest since the 1990s and milk per cow is climbing.

- Date: 2017-07-14 · published 2017-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70117-signs-of-milk-market-hope
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Rising cow numbers and milk per cow point to ample milk supply, which keeps pressure on dairy product prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2020-03-20 | [Mielke Market Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54154-mielke-market-weekly.md) | -0.2% | -17.6% |
| MILK | 2020-02-14 | [Mielke Market Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54593-mielke-market-weekly.md) | 0.0% | -3.9% |
| MILK | 2025-08-22 | [Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23333-milk-dairy-and-grain-market-commentary.md) | -0.6% | +1.6% |
| MILK | 2026-07-24 | [Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18526-milk-dairy-and-grain-market-commentary.md) | -0.8% | +5.5% |
| MILK | 2024-05-25 | [What's Driving The Milk Market? - Mid-West Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30439-what-s-driving-the-milk-market-mid-west-farm-report.md) | +0.4% | +7.0% |

## Sources

- lancasterfarming.com: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/signs-of-milk-market-hope/article_04c2617d-6e08-55a2-8e24-1892a6e703df.html

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