COUNTRY LIFE: First benchmark of 2023 drops $1.07

MIELKE MARKET By Lee Mielke The Agriculture Department announced the January 2023 Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $19.43 per hundredweight, down $1.07 from December and 95 cents below January 2022, lowest Class III price since December 2021. The January Class IV price is $20.01, down $2.11 from December, $3.08 below a year…