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California Dairy Review
Hundredweight Prices
Class
May.
Jun.
Jul.
1
No. Calif.
$16.65
$16.99
$18.45
So. Calif.
$16.92
$17.26
$18.72
2
No. Calif.
$15.11
$14.51
$14.51
So. Calif.
$15.34
$14.74
$14.74
3
$15.06
$14.46
$14.46
4a
$14.43
$15.91
N/A
4b
$15.25
$15.60
N/A
Pool Price
Mar.
Apr.
May.
Quota
$15.84
$15.72
$16.46
Overbase
$14.14
$14.02
$14.76
Quota Transfers
May.
Jun.
Jul.
Number of Sellers
3
5
2
Pounds of SNF Quota
Transferred
865 4,555 353
Average Price Per
Pound of SNF Quota $547 $540 $545
California Pool Prices
Quota Transfer Summary
California Minimum Class Prices
100
105
110
115
120
125
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
In Million Pounds
2015
2016
2017
Average Daily Basis, 2015 - 2017
California Milk Production
Hundredweight Prices
OTHER QUOTA ISSUES
• Only milk subject to assessment is eligible to receive a quota payment;
• Quota payments shall not exceed the snf quota shipped during the month;
• A dairy must ship milk qualified for a quota payment at least once every 60 days, or the producer’s quota
reverts back to CDFA to handle the quota as it does currently;
• A cooperative member’s quota will be assigned to the cooperative and the cooperative will be treated as a
single producer;
• A producer may not purchase quota if the dairy has sold any quota within the last 24-month period;
• A producer may not sell quota if the dairy has purchased any quota within the last 24-month period;
• The PRB will continue to hear hardship cases as currently is the practice.
NEXT STEPS
Department staff will incorporate the motions into regulatory language and present it to the board at its next
meeting scheduled for August 2, 2017 at the Modesto Centre Plaza (in conjunction with the Double Tree Hotel).
It is anticipated that the board will review the regulatory language and make a formal recommendation to the
Secretary regarding the regulatory language that establishes the stand-alone quota program.
Following the formal recommendation, the Secretary will review the language, and accept and/or amend the
recommendation. The final language will then be put out to California dairy producers for a referendum vote.
STAND-ALONE QUOTA REFERENDUM PROCESS
Eligible California producers will be mailed referendum ballots via US postal mail. Individual producers will cast
their ballots and return them to the Department. The referendum process, by statutory requirement, will take 60
days. Once the votes are certified and tallied, the Department will announce the results of the referendum. The
referendum process is expected to be concluded in the fall.