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MD DA350 Dry Buttermilk (Central and East)                  

MADISON, WI.  June 11, 2015 (REPORT 23)                     


DRY BUTTERMILK - CENTRAL AND EAST                           
                                                            
CENTRAL: Dry buttermilk prices were mixed this week. Production is 
uneven depending on user needs. Spot sales are limited as most 
manufacturers are not drying more than contract needs as they use 
drying capabilities for other powders. Discounts are still being 
offered for condensed, however there has not been much interest. Some 
manufacturers noted inventory levels are balanced. 
EAST:  Prices for dry buttermilk are lower at the top of the range in 
a fairly sluggish market.  With recent pulls on cream supplies from 
ice cream manufacturing and condensed buttermilk sales, dry buttermilk 
production is seeing a slight decline.  Spot acquisitions are few.  
Current buttermilk supplies are moving through contracts or processed 
in-house.  Stocks are mixed at the producers' level, from light to 
moderate.  The market undertone is unsettled. 

F.O.B. CENTRAL/EAST:    .8200 - 1.0000                     

1100CT Daniel.Johnson@ams.usda.gov & Tara.Herbst@ams.usda.gov
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin 608.557.7000 
Dairy Market News website: www.ams.usda.gov/dairymarketnews
Dairy Market News database portal: 
http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home