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Milk futures, cash dairy mixed
Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mostly higher Thursday ahead of a mostly neutral milk production report but reduced class and component prices for February.
January Class III milk down a nickel at $17.00. February up 18 cents at $17.98. March 22 cents higher at $18.17. April up 13 cents at $17.91. May through August contracts a penny lower to seven cents higher.
Dry whey up $0.0025 at $0.36. Twenty-two sales were made at $0.3575 and $0.36.
Blocks unchanged at $2.0025. Two trades were made at that price.
Barrels up $0.0050 at $1.63. Six trades were made at $1.63 and $1.6325.
Butter up $0.0025 at $1.8675. Three trades were made ranging from $1.86 to $1.8675.
Nonfat dry milk down $0.0075 at $1.29. Ten trades were made ranging from $1.2850 to $1.2950.
For February, the USDA has set the base Class I milk price at $17.55 per hundredweight, down $1.46 from January, with the base Class I skim price at $10.46, down $1.25.
The National Milk Producers Federation is welcoming EPA’s final WOTUS rule and says they believe it will provide much-needed clarity for farmers while not imposing on state jurisdictions.
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