Cheese Market News

02/07/2025

Earlier this week, the White House announced progress on the Northern and Southern borders and that the tariffs imposed on Mexico and Canada, which would have taken effect Tuesday, would be paused for 30 days following agreements with the two countries. However, 10% tariffs on Chinese goods took effect Tuesday, and China has promised to impose retaliatory tariffs. Read more in this week's top story:

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02/07/2025

Feb. 6, 2025: Barrels: $1.7800 (-2 1/2); Blocks: $1.8600 (NC). For more market activity, visit

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02/06/2025

Feb. 6, 2025: Barrels: $1.8050 (NC); Blocks: $1.8600 (NC). For more market activity, visit

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02/05/2025

Feb. 5, 2025: Barrels: $1.8050 (NC); Blocks: $1.8600 (-4). For more market activity, visit

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02/04/2025

For the full-year 2024, the preliminary annual milk production in the 24 major milk-producing states totaled 216.73 billion pounds, down less than half a percent from 2023’s full-year total of 216.89 billion pounds. Read more data from December at:

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02/04/2025

Feb. 4, 2025: Barrels: $1.8050 (+1 1/2); Blocks: $1.9000 (+3 3/4). For more market activity, visit

Cheese Market News is the weekly newspaper of the nation's cheese, dairy and deli businesses. Find stories, market activity, industry resources, new products and more.

02/04/2025

"The experience this industry has gone through with FMMO shows how a deliberative, respectful process can create positive outcomes whose very possibility would have generated skepticism at the outset. That’s a lesson we can take to heart as we head into the current policy environment," says National Milk Producers Federation's Gregg Doud in a guest column:

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02/03/2025

Feb. 3, 2025: Barrels: $1.7900 (-2); Blocks: $1.8625 (-1 1/2). For more market activity, visit

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02/03/2025

"While no model can predict the future dairy economy with certainty, learning trends and trajectories for prices and earnings is useful fodder for planning in times of change," says Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association's John Umhoefer in a guest column:

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01/31/2025

State of AI in Dairy report released for first time - read this and other breaking news and top stories at

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01/31/2025

Jan. 31, 2025: Barrels: $1.8100 (-5 1/2); Blocks: $1.8775 (-5 3/4). For more market activity, visit

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01/30/2025

Jan. 30, 2025: Barrels: $1.8650 (NC); Blocks: $1.9350 (+1/2). For more market activity, visit

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01/30/2025

Entering 2025, two pivotal developments are set to reshape the cheese packaging sector: the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation in the state of Oregon (followed by other states in 2026 and beyond) and the potential approval of the How2Recycle label for some cheese products. Read more in a guest column from TC Transcontinental's Christopher Gabriel and Emily Williams:

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01/29/2025

Jan. 29, 2025: Barrels: $1.8650 (NC); Blocks: $1.9300 (+4). For more market activity, visit

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01/28/2025

Jan. 28, 2025: Barrels: $1.8650 (+2 1/2); Blocks: $1.8900 (+2). For more market activity, visit

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01/28/2025

"Perhaps some clarity of market direction will come in the next few months, but until then expect a lot of up and down for Class III and cheese futures markets," says StoneX Group's Dave Kurzawski in his latest guest column:

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01/28/2025

"If you are considering a transition for your business, one way to make it a bit easier for everyone is to find a way to celebrate what you most likely spent a significant portion of your life building. After all, a business and career are often regarded as one of the most important parts of life," says Creative Business Services' Norm Monsen in a guest column:

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01/27/2025

Kelley Supply continues to enhance its packaging category, adding a new strategic partnership with Transcendia, Inc., a U.S.-based flexible packaging company that will assure Kelley customers guaranteed quality and availability of its 640- and 40-pound cheese block liners, and 500-pound barrel liner needs:

Cheese Market News is the weekly newspaper of the nation's cheese, dairy and deli businesses. Find stories, market activity, industry resources, new products and more.