Dairy outlook -- 2020 a welcome change

Lynn Grooms
Dec 27, 2019
Dec 27, 2019 Updated Jul 11, 2023

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Despite better milk prices many dairy farmers are being more circumspect about increasing milk production, says Mark Stephenson, an agricultural economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Cheese continues to enjoy market growth. The greatest growth has been in specialty cheese such as the flavorful offerings at a reception hosted by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin.

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Sales of "fairlife" ultra-filtered milk increase while overall demand for fluid milk has declined, according to Mark Stephenson, an agricultural economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Milk is filtered to concentrate protein and calcium while removing sugar.

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A large amount of annual butter consumption occurs during the holidays due to large family meals and holiday baking. And overall U.S. consumption has grown enough to reduce inventories of butter.

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Lynn Grooms

The 2020 outlook for milk prices is a welcome change from the past few years of depressed milk prices. The dairy industry already has seen modest improvements in 2019.

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Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.