MD_DA230 **** Correction to Report on Thursday, May 28, 2020 **** Fluid Milk and Cream - Central U.S. Report 22 - Released on May 28, 2020 ***UPDATED*** Contacts say farm milk output continues to decline. Warmer weather and self-imposed milk regulation have dairy farm contacts suggesting production has been roughly 10 to 20 percent lower compared to last year, farm to farm. Class I demand is also reportedly quieter. This has prompted some concern among contacts that dairy retail orders, in general, may be slowing. Cheese producers remain very busy, but milk prices are steady to higher. Reported milk prices were at Class and higher this week. Cheese plant managers report running six or seven day workweeks. Condensed skim supplies have slipped noticeably in recent weeks. Cream availability remains somewhat steady. Pricewise, it has been pushing out of the reach of butter makers since last week. Cream cheese and ice cream manufacturers are busy. Some expect ice cream producers to keep cream pools in check through June. Some late season frosts hindered some fieldwork in pockets of the Midwest, but most planting has been completed well ahead of last year's delayed start due to the historically wet spring. *** Price Range - Class III Milk; $/CWT; Spot Basis: 0.00 - +3.00 Trade Activity: Active Midwestern U.S., F.O.B. Cream Multiples Range - All Classes: 1.2500 - 1.3500 Price Range - Class II; $/LB Butterfat: 2.0846 - 2.1816 Multiples Range - Class II: 1.2900 - 1.3500 Information for the period May 25 - 29, 2020, issued weekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI ISRAEL WEBER, 608-422-8601 Email: israel.weber@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