Financial relief is coming slowly to U.S. dairy farms.
The November Federal order Class III milk price was announced at $17.15 per hundredweight, up 31 cents from October but $3.86 below November 2022 and the lowest November Class III since 2018. That put the year’s average at $17.11, down from $22.09 in 2022, but compares to $16.96 in 2021.
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