COUNTRY LIFE: Benchmark milk prices drop $1.81 from June

Finances are getting tighter on the farm. The Agriculture Department announced the July Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $22.52 per hundredweight, down $1.81 from June but $6.03 above July 2021, though it’s the lowest Class III since March. The seven month average stands at $22.89, up from $16.90 at this time a…