USDA WI Milk and Corn Prices
Sunday, May 5th, 2019 -- 7:34 AM
The USDA announced that the April Class III milk price was released at $15.96 per hundredweight.That's up 94-cents from March's price, and $1.49 higher than April 2018. So far, the Class III price has averaged $14.71 during 2019. The Class IV component price was just a penny higher than last month's price at $15.72, and $2.24 more than last April.
Meanwhile, the Wisconsin all milk price for March was $17.30 per cwt., up $1.00 from last month's price and $1.10 more than a year earlier. The U.S. all milk price was $17.50 per cwt.
The average price received by farmers for corn in Wisconsin during March was $3.54 per bushel.
According to the latest USDA Agricultural Prices report, that was eight-cents higher than February and eight-cents more than the previous March. Soybeans averaged $8.61 per bushel, up 13-cents from last month, but down $1.19 from last year. The oat price was $2.92 per bushel, a dime lower than February and 39-cents below March 2018.
All hay prices in Wisconsin averaged $191.00 per ton in March, down $5.00 from February, but $69.00 above last March. Alfalfa hay was $203.00 per ton, up $2.00 for the month and $68.00 for the year. The other hay price averaged $152.00, $27.00 lower than February, but up $62.00 from last March. (Wisconsin Ag Connection)
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