Executive Summary

Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) participation figures provided by the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) were recently updated with values spanning through the third week of February. Highlights from the most recent report include:

  • There were 4,269 Dairy-RP policies sold with active endorsements through the week ending Feb 21st, up four from the previous week. Wisconsin led all states in the number of policies sold with active endorsements, followed by Minnesota, California and Michigan.
  • Dairy-RP policies sold through the week ending Feb 21st have covered a total of 66.9 billion pounds of milk, the equivalent of 15.2% of total 2019-2020 USDA projected milk production volumes. 94.6% of all milk covered has been at the 95% coverage level. Wisconsin led all states in pounds of milk production covered within the Dairy-RP program through the week ending Feb 21st, followed by California, Idaho and Minnesota.
  • CME Class III Milk volume and open interest figures increased substantially following the initial wave of Dairy-RP sign-ups. Class III Milk volumes reached a 22 month high during Oct ’18 while Class III Milk open interest reached a 19 month high during Feb ’19. More recently, 12-month rolling average Class III Milk volumes figures reached a 29 month high level during the second week of Feb ’20, while 12-month rolling average Class III Milk open interest figures declined to a record low level during the most recent week of available data.

Additional Report Details

Policies Sold:

There were 4,269 Dairy-RP policies sold with active endorsements through the week ending Feb 21st, up four from the previous week. The increase in Dairy-RP endorsements remained below historical average levels for the ninth consecutive week.

Dairy-RP policies have been sold throughout 45 states through the week ending Feb 21st. Policies with active endorsements have been sold throughout 41 states, led by Wisconsin, Minnesota, California and Michigan. Wisconsin has accounted for over 30% of all policies sold with active endorsements through the week ending Feb 21st.

Pounds Covered:

Approximately 66.9 billion pounds of milk have been covered through the Dairy-RP program through the week ending Feb 21st, which is the equivalent of 334,500 Class III milk contracts. 94.6% of all milk production covered has been at the 95% coverage level through the week ending Feb 21st.

Wisconsin led all states in pounds of milk production covered within the Dairy-RP program through the week ending Feb 21st, followed by California, Idaho and Minnesota. The aforementioned states combined to account for nearly half of all pounds of milk production covered within the Dairy-RP program.

CME Volume & Open Interest:

CME Class III Milk volume and open interest figures increased substantially following the initial wave of Dairy-RP sign-ups. Class III Milk volumes reached a 22 month high during Oct ’18 while Class III Milk open interest reached a 19 month high during Feb ’19. More recently, 12-month rolling average Class III Milk volumes figures reached a 29 month high level during the second week of Feb ’20, while 12-month rolling average Class III Milk open interest figures declined to a record low level during the most recent week of available data.

Dairy-RP milk production volumes covered through the week ending Feb 21st were equivalent to 15.2% of total 2019-2020 USDA projected milk production volumes. For comparison, CME Class III Milk open interest as of the week ending Feb 21st was equivalent to just 0.8% of total 2019-2020 projected production volumes.

 

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