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MD DA560 Dry Whey - Northeast                                        

MADISON, WI.  February 05, 2015 (REPORT 5)                           

DRY WHEY - NORTHEAST                                                 
                                                                     
Northeast dry whey prices moved marginally lower.  Production remains 
seasonally heavy, proportional to cheese processing rates for the region.  
Manufacturing inventories are heavy.  Demand is moderate.  The market is 
weak.  The January 2015 Dairy Market News monthly average for the Northeast 
dry whey range series is $0.5584 compared to $0.6145 one year ago.
DAIRY PRODUCTS:  According to NASS, U.S. production of human food dry whey 
in December 2014 totaled 75.2 million pounds, 10% less than a year ago.  
Month ending stocks of human food dry whey totaled 58.9 million pounds, 4.7% 
less than a year ago.  In the Atlantic region, December production of human 
food dry whey totaled 23.1 million pounds, 2.6% more than a year ago.  
Cumulative 2014 total dry whey production totaled 871.1 million pounds, 9.4% 
less than 2013. 

F.O.B. NORTHEAST:           EXTRA GRADE AND GRADE A:   .4300 - .6150

1100CT Daniel.Johnson@ams.usda.gov 608.278.4156
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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