# California dairy production recovering as prices rise in 2016 | Economic Research Service

> California, which produces about 20% of U.S. milk, is recovering from a drought-related output decline that persisted from late 2014 until October 2016. Farm milk prices fell 30% in 2015, dipped further in 2016, then recovered from June 2016. Rising late-2016 prices are helping return California's dairy production to positive growth.

- Date: 2017-01-10 · published 2017-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73010-california-dairy-production-recovering-as-prices-rise-in-2016-economic-research
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A recovering California milk supply adds to U.S. milk availability, which tempers the upside from firmer prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

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## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: http://ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=81933

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