Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.7200/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Barrel cheese closed at $1.6850/lb, up $0.0150/lb with no trades.
Butter closed at $2.2250/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Grade A NDM closed at $1.2300/lb, unchanged with 1 trade.
Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2250/lb, unchanged with no trades.
FDA Charges Dairy with Selling Contaminated Cows
China Push for NZ Land Prompts Farmers to Demand Reciprocal Deal
NZX to Initiate Dairy Futures Trading
China: Imported US Baby Formula Unsafe
Fonterra Works on Trading Platform
According to the USDA/NASS Dairy Products Report, released at 2:00pm CT today:
July AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE production @ 368.9 million pounds, up 4.0% versus July 2009 and down 0.3% from the previous month (that compares with an average June - July increase of 0.1% over the previous five years)
July CHEDDAR CHEESE production @ 276.5 million pounds, up 2.6% versus July 2009 and down 3.3% versus the previous month (that compares with an average June - July decrease of 0.1% over the previous five years)
July MOZZARELLA CHEESE production @ 291.8 million pounds, up 6.6% versus July 2009 and up 0.4% versus the previous month (that compares with an average June - July decrease of 1.5% over the previous five years)
July TOTAL CHEESE production @ 882.3 million pounds, up 4.7% versus July 2009 and up 0.2% versus the previous month (that compares with an average June - July decrease of 0.8% over the previous five years)
July BUTTER production @ 111.0 million pounds, down 2.9% versus July 2009 and down 5.3% versus the previous month (that compares with an average June - July decrease of 4.2% over the previous 5 five years)
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Dairy cow slaughter for the week ending August 21 was 50,665 head, down 12.9% from the same week last year.
This puts slaughter down 4.0% YTD through week 34.
Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.7200/lb, up $0.0100/lb with no trades.
Barrel cheese closed at $1.6700/lb, down $0.0050/lb with 5 trades.
Butter closed at $2.2250/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Grade A NDM closed at $1.2300/lb, up $0.0150/lb with 1 trade.
Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2250/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Wimm-Bill-Dann Second Quarter Net Falls 32% on Milk Procurement
Milk Powder Prices Increase at Auction, Fonterra Says
August Milk Prices Expected to Improve
Tainted Milk Controversy Off Limits to Chinese Media
Maine Organic Milk Company Struggles as Money Runs Out
India: Amul's Non-Cooperative Movement
Cheese Plant to Locate in Swanton
Franken Wants to Hear from Dairy Producers
Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.7100/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Barrel cheese closed at $1.6750/lb, up $0.0100/lb with no trades.
Butter closed at $2.2250/lb, up $0.0100/lb with no trades.
Grade A NDM closed at $1.2150/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2250/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Trading Event 27 was held today with the following results:
The average price for all AMF was 4,681 USD/MT FAS, up 8.8% from the August auction.
The average price for all SMP was 3,197 USD/MT FAS, up 15.4% from the August auction.
The average price for all WMP was 3,522 USD/MT FAS, up 18.4% from the August auction.
The average price of all BMP was 3,199 USD/MT FAS, up 10.1% from the August auction.
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Dean Foods Advances on Speculation Danone Will Make an Offer
ID Passes NY in Milk Production Race
Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.7100/lb, up $0.0150/lb with no trades.
Barrel cheese closed at $1.6650/lb, unchanged with no trades.
Butter closed at $2.2150/lb, up $0.0350/lb with 2 trades.
Grade A NDM closed at $1.2150/lb, up $0.0150/lb with no trades.
Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2250/lb, unchanged with no trades.
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