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The international market price of wheat doubled from February 2007 to February 2008 hitting a record high of over US$10 a bushel. [92] Rice prices also reached ten-year highs. In some nations, milk and meat prices more than doubled, while soy (which hit a 34-year high price in December 2007 [93]) and maize prices have increased dramatically.
These purchase prices are set high enough to enable dairy processors to pay farmers at least the support price for the milk they use in manufacturing these products. The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 1501) mandated a support price of $9.90/ cwt , effective through December 31, 2007, when the program by law was scheduled to expire.
By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year. By 2007, there were 9.1 million dairy cows with an average milk production of over 20,000 pounds per year and eight pounds per gallon. [1]
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The Minnesota-Wisconsin price (M-W price), prior to May 1995, was a component of the basic formula price for farm milk formerly used in federal milk marketing orders.It represented a survey of the average price Minnesota and Wisconsin plants were paying farmers for Grade B milk to be used in processed dairy products.
The average price of milk right now is $3.50, but milk has reached $3.80 at its peak price, according to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics. Check out the video above for more on the looming price ...
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Vermont ranks 15th in the United States for raw milk production. [2] Dairy farming in Vermont, like in much of the US, is increasingly scaling upwards due to market and governmental pressures. Each year, Vermont loses dairy farms. [3] In 2021, the number of dairy farms shrunk by 6.9%, a decline of 68 farms from the previous year. [1]