# The Agriculture Department to purchase American-grown and American-raised agricultural commodities to distribute to the charitable nutrition

> The USDA Cold Storage report put September 30 butter inventory at 295.7 million pounds, down 5.0% from August but up 16.5% from a year earlier. Total cheese stocks were 1.428 billion pounds, down 0.9% month on month and up 2.4% year on year. August fluid milk sales were flat year on year at 3.5 billion pounds, with whole milk sales up 4.5%.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-03T06:07:06.615Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/77048-the-agriculture-department-to-purchase-american-grown-and-american-raised
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Ample cold-storage butter and cheese stocks weigh on dairy values, while tight supplies of young Cheddar for CME spot delivery support spot cheese prices. Analysts called the report neutral for the market, so the price impact on milk for feed buyers is limited.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2020-11-10 | [USDA continues to raise milk production and prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50158-usda-continues-to-raise-milk-production-and-prices-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.8% | -33.8% |
| MILK | 2022-07-25 | [World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate Report Released by USDA - Cowsmo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40489-world-agricultural-supply-and-demand-estimate-report-released-by-usda-cowsmo.md) | 0.0% | -10.8% |
| MILK | 2022-02-14 | [USDA Releases Cost of Dairy Processing Study, Will Host a Webinar on the Study \| Agricultural Marketing Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42728-usda-releases-cost-of-dairy-processing-study-will-host-a-webinar-on-the-study.md) | +0.5% | +7.7% |
| MILK | 2021-10-19 | [Canada: Dairy and Products Annual \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44540-canada-dairy-and-products-annual-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | -0.3% | +0.4% |
| MILK | 2025-07-12 | [Cheese production continues to grow - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23757-cheese-production-continues-to-grow-dairy-star.md) | +0.5% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- farmersadvance.com: https://www.farmersadvance.com/story/news/2026/11/03/the-agriculture-department-to-purchase-american-grown-and-american-raised-agricultural-commodities-t/92517378007/

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