Discover how shifting cheese inventories, consumer habits, and cattle border policies impact your milk check and Wisconsin dairy farm margins.

Matt Tranel, dairy analyst with EverAg is keeping an eye on it all.  A surprise jump in cheese inventories revealed in the latest cold storage report goes against trend in a big way.  Tranel says it's another sign of consumer purchasing distress.

Now dairy prepares for the reopening of our borders to Mexican cattle.  He's not convinced it will be a wall of cattle coming in to disrupt markets.  He is, however, very aware of how much revenue beef on dairy has brought to the bottom line of many operations.  Those margins have already started to shrink.

Discover how shifting cheese inventories, consumer habits, and cattle border policies impact your milk check and Wisconsin dairy farm margins.
Matt Tranel, dairy analyst with EverAg is keeping an eye on it all.&nbsp; A surprise jump in cheese inventories revealed in the latest cold storage report goes against trend in a big way.&nbsp; Tranel says it's another sign of consumer purchasing distress.
Now dairy prepares for the reopening of our borders to Mexican cattle.&nbsp; He's not convinced it will be a wall of cattle coming in to disrupt markets.&nbsp; He is, however, very aware of how much revenue beef on dairy has brought to the bottom line of many operations.&nbsp; Those margins have already started to shrink.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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