date:Jan 25, 2013
e our biggest customer. It is not rising as fast as China, but it is by far the largest buyer of U.S. dairy and it is continuing to rise.
The estimated Missouri farm-level price for the first half of 2013 is $19.54 per hundredweight. We are forecasting a $20 farm-level milk price for the second half of 2013, and with any help at all on the demand side we think that could be higher. For all of 2013 we are forecasting about a $19.77 farm-level milk price in Missouri. That is down slightly from la