Nonfat dry milk tumbled throughout the week and closed at $2.0725 per pound, a $0.2000 loss from last week. Butter closed the week at $1.5350 per pound, sliding $0.1050 from last Friday. Spot blocks fell to $1.5050 per pound, a $0.0500 decline from last week, while barrels dropped $0.0750 to close the week at $1.4800.
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The Senate Agriculture Committee has announced that they are working through their version of farm bill text following the House passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman (R-AR) will be holding a member-only meeting this week to discuss a path forward. Meanwhile, Congress will be focused this week on other priorities, like a second reconciliation package, surface transportation reauthorization, and addressing high cost of living issues.
Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee also held a hearing regarding challenges in the fertilizer supply chain. Members and witnesses focused on high fertilizer and other input costs and the combination of global supply shocks and a highly concentrated fertilizer market as key drivers of volatility and elevated prices. How these issues could be addressed through farmer economic aid or through the Farm Bill remains to be seen.
Cows, cheese and community: Celebrate June Dairy Month at a breakfast on the farm
Source: Wisconsin State Farmer
The month of June is just around corner and with it comes June Dairy Month, a time for the celebration of cows, cheese and all dairy products. The whole thing started in the late 1930’s when a national drug store initiated “National Milk Month” as a way to increase their dairy counter business in light of the annual spring milk surplus.
The new cheese economy: How the Midwest became ground zero for dairy’s next industrial revolution
Source: Dairy Stream
Billions of dollars are flowing into the Great Lakes region and the I-29 corridor, transforming the American dairy industry at a pace few could have predicted a decade ago. Across Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas and into the Texas Panhandle, new cheese processing plants are reshaping rural economies, redefining global dairy trade, and creating some of the most technologically advanced food manufacturing facilities in the world.
The Dairy Business Association’s annual Dairy Golf Classic will be held on July 28 at Lake Arrowhead - Pines Course in Nekoosa. Join us for one of DBA’s most anticipated networking events of the year. This outing is about more than a day of golf; it’s an opportunity to connect with others in Wisconsin's dairy community. More than 200 farmers, allied business members and community partners will come together for a day of fun, networking and camaraderie.
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