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Entries for month: March 2010

CME Spot Markets - 3/31/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.4000/lb, up $0.0475/lb with 2 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.3700/lb, up $0.0300/lb with 1 trade.

Butter closed at $1.4925/lb, up $0.0025/lb with 1 trade.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.2000/lb, up $0.0150/lb with 3 trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.1500/lb, unchanged with no trades.

 

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 3/31/2010

FDA Warns of Outbreaks from Raw Milk

Vermont Dairy Summit Talks of Milk Production Limits

Saputo Plant to Shut Down in Brampton

Grassland Butter, Diocese Team Up for Milk Project

Milk Producer Emmi Posts Big Profit Increase

Merger Could Shake Up Milk Industry

CKE Restaurants Key Sales Figure Slips 4.1%

Assembly Committee in Wisconsin Approves Sale of Raw Milk

Mead Johnson, Saudi's Almarai Set Up Baby Food Joint Venture

Oregon Farms Struggle   

Category: Headlines

CME Spot Markets - 3/30/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.3525/lb, up $0.0100/lb with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.3400/lb, up $0.0050/lb with no trades.

Butter closed at $1.4900/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1850/lb, up $0.0350/lb with 6 trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.1500/lb, up $0.0300/lb with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 3/30/2010

US Investigator Hears NY Milk Price Complaints

India: Soon Bakery Items, Milk More Expensive

EU Milk Prices on the Rise

Fonterra Starts Third Step in Restructure

Foremost Farms to Export Cheese Through CWT

New Study Confirms Health Benefits of Pecorino Romano Cheese

Dairy Co-op Loses Place on Robert Wiseman Board

Fonterra Takes Over Saudi Dairy Plant

EU Commission to Propose New Rules for Dairy Sector

  

Category: Headlines

CME Spot Markets - 3/29/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.3425/lb, up $0.0175/lb with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.3350/lb, up $0.0225/lb with no trades.

Butter closed at $1.4900/lb, unchanged with 6 trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1500/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.1200/b, unchanged with no trades.

 

 

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 3/29/2010

Shire Keen to See Cheese Factory Operating Again

Saudis Look to Purchase Vermont Dairy Cows

 

Category: Headlines

CME Spot Markets - 3/26/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.3250/lb, up $0.0350/lb with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.3125/lb, up $0.0250/lb with no trades.

Butter closed at $1.4900/lb, up $0.0100/lb with 1 trade.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1500/lb, up $0.0050/lb with 1 trade.

Exta Grade NDM closed at $1.1200/lb, unchanged with no trades.

 

Category: From the Trading Floor

Headlines 3/26/2010

CME Unveils Milk Powder Futures, Options

China-based Dairy Venture Pivots on Infant Milks

China Passes US as New Zealand's Second Biggest Export Market

NZ February Trade Surplus Widens on Exports

Deputies Find $1.2 Million in Cheese Shipment

'Other Firms Set to Rival Fonterra' NZ Dairy Attracts Interest

Bubbles Boil Into Trouble

Washington's Inaction Threatens US Dairy Farmers

NZX Beaten to Milk Powder Futures  

Category: Headlines

Weekly Slaughter

Dairy cow slaughter for the week ending March 13 was 58,803 head, up 8.7% from the same week last year.

 

Category: Flashes

CME Spot Markets - 3/25/2010

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.2900/lb, up $0.0100/lb with 2 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.2875/lb, up $0.0150/lb with 6 trades.

Butter closed at $1.4800/lb, unchanged with 2 trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.1450/lb, up $0.0100/lb with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.1200/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

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