Dairy risk management calendar: August 2026
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Progressive Dairy provides monthly updates to important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.
Recent reports confirm the U.S. dairy herd is growing; even heifer inventory is up by 100,000 after years of declining supplies. With more cows has come more milk, and the dog days of summer have done little to curb production as the USDA’s Milk Production report confirmed June milk output was up 2.3% from the year prior.
Additionally, over the last month, component values have begun to realign with global market prices. While this is good news for U.S. dairy exports, it has also caused milk class prices to stumble heading into fall with Class III and Class IV now in the $16.75-$17.50 per hundredweight (cwt) range from August through December. In the Milk Producers Council Weekly Friday Report from the fourth week of July, Sarina Sharp states, “Those prices are dangerously close to most dairy producers’ break-even costs, especially after the other commodity markets foretold a jump in feed expenses and a drop in beef revenues.”
By Jenn Coyne
July 27, 2026
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