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Lower feed costs raise June DMC margin to $10.88 per cwt

  • Writer: ZISK APP
    ZISK APP
  • Aug 4
  • 1 min read

The USDA National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) Agricultural Prices report, released July 31, established June’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program calculations. The all-milk price faltered 20 cents, with a continued rise in production but the value of components finding alignment between demand and global prices. Feed costs also fell and to a much larger degree, which boosted this month’s DMC margin to $10.88 per hundredweight (cwt).


A peek at June DMC

Prices for major dairy feedstuffs that influence the DMC program margin were reported in the USDA’s Agricultural Prices report for July (Table 1).


DMC program margin factors for June compared to the month prior were as follows:


Jenn Coyne

July 24, 2026

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