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Entries for month: February 2010

Headlines 2/17/2010

USDA Closes Organic Milk Loophole

Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Shares Soar

Burger King to Offer a Slightly Different $1 Deal

Murray Goulburn Bids Again for Warrnambool

 

Category: Headlines

CME Spot Markets - 2/16/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.4800/lb, down $0.0250/lb with 7 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4250/lb, down $0.0200/lb with 5 trades.

Butter closed at $1.3300/lb, down $0.0100/lb with 3 trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1050/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2400/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 2/16/2010

Plenty of Spilled Milk to Cry Over for Dairymen Lured to US

US Milk Profitability Low, But Prices Expected to Rebound

Why China Keeps Poisoning the Milk

Vilsack Meets with Dairy Farmers

NZ Fourth Quarter Producer Input Prices Rise

Kraft's Net Profit Jumps

Contaminated Cheese Kills Six

Global Cheese Consumption Growing Swiftly

China Says No Melamine-Tainted Dairy Products Were Exported

   

Category: Headlines

CME Spot Markets - 2/12/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.5050/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4450/lb, down $0.025/lb with 3 trades.

Butter closed at $1.3400/lb, down $0.0100/lb with 3 trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1050/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2400/lb, unchanged with no trades.

 

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 2/12/2010

Fonterra Suppliers Win Milk Price Rise

China Milk Defaults on Bond Redemption

Foreign Worker Proposal Excludes Dairy Farmers

ID Dairy Industry Asks Lawmakers for Help in Fight with Counties

Seminar to Focus on Dairy Price Changes

Category: Headlines

Weekly Slaughter

Dairy cow slaughter for the week ending January 30 was 54,281 head, down 13.8% from the same week last year.

 

Category: Flashes

CME Spot Markets - 2/11/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.5050/lb, up $0.0050/lb with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4575/lb, down $0.0200/lb with no trades.

Butter closed at $1.3500/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1050/lb, up $0.0050/lb with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2400/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 2/11/2010

China Launches Food Safety Commission

Danone Eyes Challenges

Dairies Still Face Tough Times

Deja Moo Milk Back on Shelves

Chinese Tainted Milk Campaigner Accused of Provoking Social Disorder

Fonterra Farmers Want Raw Milk Price Lifted

$31.1 Million in Bonds Goes to Coopersville Dairy Project

Natural and Specialty Blended Cheese Market Reaches $14 Billion in US

Kraft: NY Jobs are Safe

Managers of Dairy Co-Op "Made Astonishing Financial Decisions"

China: Dairy Consolidation Moves Gather Pace

Category: Headlines

CME Spot Markets - 2/10/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.5000/lb,up $0.0075/lb with 3 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4775/lb, up $0.0050/lb with 3 trades.

Butter closed at $1.3500/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1000/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2400/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 2/10/2010

China Milk Scandal May Bolster Global Dairy Prices

Swiss Cheese Industry Defies Economic Crisis

Dodge City, KS Cheese Plant Receives $12M

Bega Cheese Not Opposed to Dairy Industry Mergers

DCI Cheese Company Growth

NZ National Dairy Herd Hits New High

Dean Foods Reports Results   

Category: Headlines

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