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All-milk prices up in January 

USDA’s agricultural prices report for January shows some improvement for dairy farmers.   

The index for January, at 119.9, is up 3.5 percent from the previous month and 20 percent from January a year ago. The January all milk price of $24.10 per cwt is 80 cents higher than December and $4.00 higher than January 2024. 

The highest all-milk price was $27.30 per hundredweight in Georgia, with the lowest all milk price at $22.40 in New Mexico.  The highest milk fat percentage was in South Dakota with an average of 4.78 percent.  The lowest milk fat average was 4.06 percent in Florida.