Skimmed Milk Powder Production Falls
US - Skim milk powder (SMP) production during March 2012 totaled 11.9 million lbs., the lowest monthly production level since October 2009, according to USDA’s Dairy Products report released yesterday. Growing milk production, rising stocks and greater export competition are resulting in more non-fat dry milk (NDM) production and less SMP production, writes Mary Ledman, Sara Dorland, Sarina Sharp and Karen Endres.
4 May 2012
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The same report showed manufacturers’ stocks of NDM on Mar. 31 totaled 210.3
million lbs., which is the highest stock level
since May 2000. This is only the 7th month
since 2000 that manufacturers’ stocks have
topped 200 million lbs.
Dry product prices as reported by Dairy
Market News were mostly steady or lower
for the week ending May 4. The Central
dry whey mostly range is 47.5¢ to 53.5¢,
down 0.75¢ on the low end and 3.0¢ lower
on the high end. The West dry whey mostly
range is 46.0¢ to 53.25¢, unchanged vs.
last week. The Central and West regions
are reporting NDM price lows of $1.10/lb.
and $1.05/lb., respectively, also unchanged
vs. the prior week.
The Central/East NDM
mostly range is $1.12/lb. to $1.27/lb., down
3.0¢ on the high end. The West NDM mostly range is $1.10/lb. to $1.21/lb., down
2.0¢ on the low end and 3.0¢ less on the
high end. The WPC mostly price posted the
largest decrease, down 11¢ on the low end
to $1.25/lb. The high end was unchanged
at $1.4325. Declining NDM prices are
forcing WPC 34 prices lower because
they are interchangeable in some product
formulations.
The CME spot Cheddar barrel cheese
market gave up most of yesterday’s 3.0¢
gain. The market closed at $1.47/lb., down
2.5¢. The lower barrel price, lack of trading
in blocks and butter, and the bearish dairy
products production report all contributed to
lower dairy product futures prices.
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