# Pennsylvania Milk Premium Lapses, Farmers Missed the Money

> Pennsylvania’s Milk Marketing Board said the longstanding over-order milk premium lapsed during the summer. The premium was included in regulated retail prices, but eligibility rules meant that not all dairy farmers received the additional payment consumers paid for.

- Date: 2026-11-08 · published 2026-11-09T00:17:13.384Z
- Category: policy · region Pennsylvania, US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/88320-pennsylvania-milk-premium-lapses-farmers-missed-the-money
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The lapse concerns how milk revenue is distributed to eligible farmers, not a change in milk supply or feed demand. Any effect on milk prices or production is unclear.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2019-07-01 | [Farmers give new dairy safety net a try \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4200-farmers-give-new-dairy-safety-net-a-try-capital-press.md) | +6.5% | +7.4% |
| MILK | 2025-02-24 | [Pricing Amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26045-pricing-amendments-to-the-federal-milk-marketing-orders-everycrsreport-com.md) | +0.0% | -8.4% |
| MILK | 2024-07-15 | [Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreements and Orders \| 89 FR 57580](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29418-milk-in-the-northeast-and-other-marketing-areas-proposed-amendments-to.md) | +0.5% | +3.6% |
| MILK | 2021-05-06 | [Dairy farmer groups propose  Class III Plus for better milk pricing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47240-dairy-farmer-groups-propose-class-iii-plus-for-better-milk-pricing.md) | -0.4% | -9.6% |
| MILK | 2023-05-30 | [As Wisconsin continues to lose dairy farms, a national dairy group hopes to make milk more profitable - WPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36098-as-wisconsin-continues-to-lose-dairy-farms-a-national-dairy-group-hopes-to-make.md) | -6.0% | -7.7% |

## Sources

- farm.fm: https://farm.fm/pennsylvania-milk-premium-lapses-farmers-missed-the-money/

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