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MD DA350 Dry Buttermilk (Central and East)                  

MADISON, WI.  February 12, 2015 (REPORT 6)                  


DRY BUTTERMILK - CENTRAL AND EAST                           

CENTRAL: Prices are steady.  Sales are slow and demand is down for dry 
buttermilk.  Production is steady to lower.  Ice cream manufacturers are 
reportedly starting production earlier than expected this year. Reports show 
that buttermilk supplies are mixed.                                                             
EAST:  Dry buttermilk prices are unchanged.  Cream supplies are readily 
available in the region resulting in steady to increasing dry buttermilk 
production.  Supplies are building incrementally as buyers wait to see the 
extent of price movements, while assessing existing and future needs before 
making major purchases.  Domestic market demand is fair, with expectations 
that the interest of end-users will soon increase usage.  Likewise, some 
expect dry buttermilk to rival nonfat dry milk prices, thereby increasing 
demand.  Spot market activity is light.  Supplies are exchanging primarily 
through contracts.  The market undertone is steady to weak.

F.O.B. CENTRAL/EAST:    .7200 - 1.0000                      

1100CT Daniel.Johnson@ams.usda.gov & Tara.Herbst@ams.usda.gov 
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
Dairy Market News website: www.ams.usda.gov/dairymarketnews
Dairy Market News database portal: http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-
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