U.S. farmers made and paid fractionally more in June than they did in May.
The USDA says the index of prices received was up 0.4% with gains in cattle, hog, market egg, and orange prices barely ending out losses for milk, cotton, broilers, and lettuce.
The dairy index for June 2023 was down 7.2% from May and 33% from June 2022, with an all milk price of $17.90 per hundredweight, a drop of $1.40 on the month and $8.80 on the year.
