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MD DA350 Dry Buttermilk (Central and East)                  

MADISON, WI.  March 19, 2015 (REPORT 11)                    


CENTRAL: Central dry buttermilk prices are up.  The market tone is 
unsettled. Demand for dry buttermilk is steady to increasing as ice cream 
production has increased. Buyers are still experiencing price advantages 
purchasing condensed buttermilk. Stocks are low as demand is increasing.  
EAST:  Dry buttermilk prices are higher with adjustments based on spot sales 
and indices.  Production levels are mixed in areas of the region, as the 
effect of churning holiday butter on dry buttermilk output tapers at some 
manufacturing plants.  Sales are slow.  Inventories continue to build, in an 
otherwise quiet market.  The market undertone is unsettled.  

F.O.B. CENTRAL/EAST:    .8450 - 1.0200                      

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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