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     Organic Dairy Market Overview

     Report 20 - Released on May 17, 2019

     Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) reports total organic milk products sales for March
     2019 were 202 million pounds, an 8.1 percent decline from March 2018 and 4.5 percent
     decline, year-to-date 2019, compared with the same period in 2018. Total organic whole milk
     sales for March 2019, 89 million pounds, were down 1.4 percent compared with March last
     year, but up 2.1 percent compared with the same period in 2018.

     The volume of organic retail advertisements shows no significant change from last week's
     survey. Interestingly, surveyed stores only offered ad specials on two organic items this
     week, milk and yogurt. Overall, organic milk ads grew by 31 percent, and organic yogurt ads
     increased 40 percent. The biggest loser in organic ad numbers by region was the Southwest,
     which lost 82 percent of the retail ads this week, but in the Northeast, ads were up 101
     percent for the largest gain. No ads were reported in Alaska.

     Information for the period May 6 - 17, 2019, issued biweekly

     Published by:
     Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
     DANIEL JOHNSON, 608-422-8605
     Email: daniel.johnson4@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/