Milk production forecast lower while components remain strong

Milk production forecast lower while components remain strong

Dairy economists expect forage quality issues and rising

grain prices to impact milk production in the Upper Midwest and Northeast.

“Corn is now $4.50 a bushel, way up, and soybeans so we’re looking at higher feed costs and farmers have culled more cows, less heifers—you’re not looking at any big expansion in milk production this coming year.”      

University of Wisconsin’s Bob Cropp says USDA is calling

for a slight increase in production this year and less than two percent growth in

2020.

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