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MD DA350 Dry Buttermilk (Central and East)                  

MADISON, WI.  February 19, 2015 (REPORT 7)                  


DRY BUTTERMILK - CENTRAL AND EAST                           
                                                            
CENTRAL: Prices are mixed. The bottom of the range moved up while the top 
moved down. Sales are slow for dry buttermilk. Demand is lower, but usually 
picks up this time of year. Ice cream manufacturers are reportedly starting 
production earlier than expected this year. Production is steady to higher. 
Reports show that buttermilk supplies are mixed. Some buyers are having 
trouble finding product in the Central region.
EAST:  Eastern dry buttermilk prices are mixed, as spot prices adjusted the 
range series.  Available cream supplies continue to support heavy regional 
churning and dry buttermilk production.  Current production is moving mostly 
through contracts and increasing inventories.  Both condensed buttermilk and 
buttermilk powder usage is trending higher into ice cream production.  
Overall, demand is light to fair at anticipated levels.  The market 
undertone varies.

F.O.B. CENTRAL/EAST:    .7700 - .9700                       

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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