COUNTRY LIFE: Benchmark drops 80 cents from October, but $2.98 above Nov. 2021

MIELKE MARKET By Lee Mielke The Agriculture Department announced the November Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $21.01 per hundredweight (cwt.), down 80 cents from October but $2.98 above Nov. 2021. Friday’s Class III futures settlements had December at $20.50, which would result in a 2022 average of $21.96, up from $17.08 in…