Milk prices are expected to rise in 2017, helping farmers recover some costs from low 2016 prices. But that may not happen for Arizona’s farmers.
June 2016 was the pricing floor for milk nationwide, and in November, Arizona wholesale prices were among the lowest in the country, which also helped drive consumption higher, according to Jim Dickrell, editor of "Dairy Herd Management" and contributor to AgriTalk.
Arizona is one of the most competitive pricing markets nationwide, and he sees nothing on the horizon in 2017 to ease that.
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