MD_DA902 Organic Dairy Fluid Overview Report 42 - Released on October 21, 2022 ORGANIC DAIRY FLUID OVERVIEW Organic Milk Product Sales. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) reported August 2022 estimated fluid product sales. The U.S. sale of total organic milk products was 241 million pounds, up 2.1 percent from August 2021, but down 1.5 percent year-to-date. Organic whole milk sales, 116 million pounds, were up 6.6 percent compared to a year earlier and up 2.2 percent year-to-date. Reduced fat milk (2%) sales were 79 million pounds, down 1.1 percent from the previous year and down 3.3 percent year-to-date. Organic flavored whole milk sales, 1 million pounds, increased 37.5 percent from the previous year, and increased 11.6 percent year-to-date. ESTIMATED TOTAL U.S. SALES OF ORGANIC FLUID MILK PRODUCTS August 2022, with comparisons SALES1 2 CHANGE from: PRODUCT NAME August Y-T-D Prev Yr. Y-T-D (million pounds) (percent) Organic Production Practice Whole Milk 116 894 6.6 2.2 Flavored Whole Milk 1 13 37.5 11.6 Reduced Fat Milk (2%) 79 636 -1.1 -3.3 Low Fat Milk (1%) 24 197 -8.4 -8.4 Fat-Free Milk (Skim) 13 113 -6.7 -7.2 Flavored Fat-Reduced Milk 8 56 25.4 -1.5 Other Fluid Milk Products 0 1 85.7 221.6 Total Fat-Reduced Milk3 124 1,004 -1.9 -4.7 Tot. Organic Milk Products 241 1,911 2.1 -1.5 1 These figures are representative of the consumption of fluid milk products in Federal milk order marketing areas, which account for approximately 92 percent of total fluid milk sales in the United States. An estimate of total U.S. fluid milk sales is derived by extrapolating the remaining 8 percent of sales from the Federal milk order data. Reported volumes do not include added non-dairy ingredients such as sweeteners or flavorings. 2 Data may not add due to rounding. 3 Organic fat-reduced milk categories are the total of reduced fat, low- fat, skim and flavored fat-reduced milk sales. European Average Organic Milk Pay Prices. The August 2022 organic milk pay price in Europe adjusted higher over the previous month in Germany, Bavaria, France and Austria. Additional information is shown in the table below. Organic Milk Pay Prices in Europe August 2022 Euros/100L *($USD/100L) % Change % Change July 2022 August 2021 Germany 59.12 $58.03 + 2.18 +19.19 Bavaria 58.28 $57.20 + 2.32 +16.79 France 49.34 $48.43 + 3.67 + 2.89 Austria 59.51 $58.41 + 1.04 +26.81 *Results are based on the Oct. 21, 2022, exchange rate. ORGANIC GRAIN FEEDSTUFF OVERVIEW National Organic Grain Feedstuff. Trade activity moderate on very good demand for organic feed corn and soybeans. Organic feed corn sold 79 cents higher FOB with forward contract activity picking up. Organic feed soybeans sold just shy of 31.00 FOB with few forward contracts and cash bids holding 29.50-30.00 delivered elevator. Organic soybean imports for July and August were shy of 4 million bushels, putting the YTD level above the total YTD bushels imported for all of 2021. Trade inactive on all other organic grains. Information for the period October 10 - 21, 2022, issued biweekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI MIKE BANDLI, 608-422-8592 Email: mike.bandli@usda.gov Additional Dairy Market News Information: Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602 DMN Website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN MARS (My Market News): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov