Milk Marketing
Publications and Articles

Page was updated on 12/20/12

Purdue Publications

• Food Entrepreneurship Series: Organic Foods
• MILC Payment Estimates
• Overview of the 2007 USDA Farm Bill Proposals for Dairy
• Raw Milk FAQs
• Why is the Producer Price Differential Negative on my August Milk Check?

Other Publications

• 2008 Farm Bill: Dairy Provisions (Iowa State University)
• An Alternative Milk Pricing Plan Using Margins (University of Minnesota)
• Consumers and Dairy Products (University of Illinois)
• Dairy Risk Management Education: Basis and Its Importance in Risk Management (Penn State University)
• Dairy Risk Management Education: Economic Returns Under Multiple-Component Pricing (Penn State University)
• Dairy Risk Management Education: Factors That Affect U.S. Farm-Gate Milk Prices (Penn State University)
• Dairy Risk Management Education: Understanding Your Milk Check: A Guide for Pennsylvania Dairy Producers (Penn State University)
• Dairy Risk Management Education: Using Milk Futures to Lock In Profitability (Penn State University)
• Food and Agriculture: Consumer Trends and Opportunities: Dairy (University of Kentucky)
• For Hedging, Having the Milk Production to Back Up the Contract Is Important (University of Minnesota)
• Get More From Your Milk: Increasing Profit Throught Value-Added Products (Penn State University)
• Is There a Relationship Between SCCs and Milk Prices? (North Carolina State University)
• It's the Margin! (University of Minnesota)
• Majority of Producers Eligible for Multiple Component Pricing Plans (NMC)
• Marketing: Critical for Effective Farm Management (University of Maryland)
• MarketMaker: A Tool for Marketing Dairy Products (University of Illinois)
• Milk Check Money: What Determines the Price Farmers Receive for Grade A Milk? (North Carolina State University)
• Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC) Website (USDA Farm Service Agency)
• Milk Marketing: Things to Think About, Part I - What You Need for a Milk Price? (University of Minnesota)
• Milk Marketing: Things to Think About, Part II - What is a Good Price for the Market? (University of Minnesota)
• Milk Marketing: Things to Think About, Part III - How Do I Implement My Marketing Plan? (University of Minnesota)
• Milk Quality and Future Dairy Foods Marketing (North Carolina State University)
• Minnesota Dairy Operators Utilizing Livestock Gross Margin as a Risk Management Tool (University of Minnesota)
• New Ways to Price Milk (University of Illinois)
• Overprotecting Price with "Put Options" (University of Minnesota)
• A Primer on Put Options (University of Minnesota)
• Producing Value-Added Products for Market: Start with Food Safety (Washington State University)
• A Positive Outlook for Marketing the Dairy Industry in the 21st Century (University of Minnesota)
• The Role of Milk Quality and Mastitis Control in Addressing Future Dairy Food Marketing Opportunities in a Global Economy (NMC)
• $16.13 Milk in September: How Could That Be? (University of Minnesota)
• Understanding Dairy Markets (Website) (University of Wisconsin)
• Understanding Pricing Objectives and Strategies: For the Value-Added Ag Producer (Penn State University)
• U.S. Dairy Consumption (University of Illinois)
• USDA Milk Marketing Order Statistics
• What'll You Have to Drink? Lessons Learned at the Grocery Store (Utah State University)