The 16th Annual Workshop for Dairy Economists and Policy Analysts was held in Washington, DC, on April 23 & 24. PowerPoints from the program can be accessed here.

We have recently analyzed a producer-inspired program to moderate milk price volatility. The research report, can be accessed here.

Estimated MILC Program Payments*
Month
Trigger
Class I
Payment
Feb-09
$17.33
$13.97
$1.51
Mar-09
$17.14
$12.68
$2.01
Apr-09
$17.14
$13.61
$1.59
May-09
$17.48
$14.22
$1.47
Jun-09
$17.35
$13.33
$1.81
Jul-09
$17.19
$13.51
$1.66
Aug-09
$17.19
$13.74
$1.55
Sep-09
$16.94
$13.84
$1.39
Oct-09
$16.94
$14.37
$1.16
Nov-09
$16.94
$15.27
$0.75
Dec-09
$16.99
$16.35
$0.29
Jan-10
$17.00
$16.80
$0.09
Feb-10
$16.97
$17.08
NA
Mar-10
$17.11
$17.05
$0.02
Apr-10
$17.14
$17.68
NA
May-10
$17.19
$17.94
NA
We have many publication series in Adobe PDF format.
Names and addresses of many folks in the industry.
Timely publications
The Proposed Rule is a large and complex document. We have tried to distill important sections for you.
Calendar of dairy events. Add your own event.
We have conducted numerous studies of farm cost of production and manufacturer cost of processing.
Information on our annual workshop for dairy economists and policy analysts.
We have several PowerPoint presentations available for you. Many are available in video format also.
This section is coming soon. We will have an interactive database of dairy series that you can download.
Some of our favorite web sites.

* MILC trigger payments are estimated using CBOT and CME futures prices for corn and soybeans and milk on 7/2/09. Bold are actual values and not estimates.