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MD DA340 Dry Buttermilk  - West                             

MADISON, WI.  March 05, 2015 (REPORT 9)                     

DRY BUTTERMILK - WEST                                       
                                                            
Western dry buttermilk prices are mixed, moving lower and higher on an 
unsettled market. Buyers indicate offers from the west are sporadic. 
Interest has been mixed as well, with limited demand on a regular 
basis. Large quantity sales, when offered, capture lower prices, while 
sales of single loads carry higher prices. Production is active 
throughout the west, following the recent butter production trend. 
The February 2015 Dairy Market News average of the mostly price series 
for West dry buttermilk was $0.8993 compared to $1.9367 one year ago.  

DAIRY PRODUCTS:  NASS reports dry buttermilk production in the U.S. 
for January 2015 totals 10.3 million pounds, down 9.6% from one year 
ago.  Stocks at the end of January were 24.8 million pounds, a 92.4% 
increase from one year ago.  

F.O.B. WEST: .7500 - 1.0200   MOSTLY:  .8800 - .9225        

1100CT Janet.Linder@ams.usda.gov 608.278.4157
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
Dairy Market News website: www.ams.usda.gov/dairymarketnews
Dairy Market News database portal: 
www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home