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     Organic Dairy Market Overview

     Report 8 - Released on February 22, 2019

     Organic Milk Product Sales. The Agricultural Market Service (AMS) reports total organic milk
     products sales, for December 2018 were 219 million pounds, up 2.0 percent from December
     2017 and up 0.6 percent, January-December 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.
     Total organic whole milk sales for December 2018 are 94 million pounds, up 5.8 percent
     compared with December last year and up 5.0 percent compared with the same period in 2017.

     In the current survey, organic retail advertisements improved by 34 percent. Organic cheese
     in 8 oz block packages reported the largest percentage shift in ads, at 178 percent. The
     Southeast region has the biggest percentage change for milk promotions this ad period, at
     88 percent. For organic milk, half gallon packages posted the biggest number of ads this
     week. For organic milk in half gallon packages, prices increased 10 cents compared to the
     last survey period. The current retail milk price spread between organic and conventional
     half gallon milk is an organic premium of $2.18. The price spread moved up $0.47 compared
     to the prior retail survey.

     Information for the period February 11 - 22, 2019, issued biweekly

     Published by:
     Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
     JESSICA MUELLER, 608-422-8589
     Email: Jessica.Mueller@ams.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
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     DMN Database Portal: https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home