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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  August 17, 2016 (REPORT 33)                        

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE 

In the EU, demand for sliced cheese is strong with limited 
supplies. Semi hard cheese demand is robust. Manufacturers are 
attempting to increase cheese production but with seasonally 
declining milk production, this is difficult to achieve. Thus, 
cheese continues to be taken out of aging programs to meet 
current demand. Many dairy product manufacturers have determined 
that making cheese currently is more profitable than making skim 
milk powder or butter, so what extra milk there is frequently 
goes into cheese. Nevertheless, the lower milk availability is 
straining existing cheese stocks. In the U.S., wholesale 
domestic blue, gorgonzola, parmesan and Romano cheese prices 
increased $0.0300 following higher weekly average CME Group 
block prices. The remaining prices are unchanged.                                                                                                                        
                                                                 
WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK                  
DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS)               
                           :           NEW YORK                  
VARIETY                    :    IMPORTED     :    DOMESTIC       
                           :                 :                   
Blue                       :  2.6400-5.2300  :  2.3625-3.8500*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-5.7400  :  2.8700-3.5875*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.7525-5.8425*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.5525-5.7025*   
Sardo Romano (Argentine)   :  2.8500-4.7800  :       -0-         
Reggianito (Argentine)     :  3.2900-4.7800  :       -0-         
Jarlsberg-(Brand)          :  2.9500-6.4500  :       -0-         
Swiss Cuts Switzerland     :       -0-       :  2.9025-3.2250    
Swiss Cuts Finnish         :  2.6700-2.9300  :       -0-         

* = Price change.                                                



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