MD_DA900 Organic Dairy Market Overview Report 28 - Released on July 16, 2021 The National Organic Program has launched a Human Capital Capacity Building Initiative. A full overview of the Request for Applications (RFA) is here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/NOPHumanCapitalRFAMRP.pdf National Organic Grain and Feed Markets. Organic feed corn markets are stable. Buying demands are good. Organic feed corn traded 52 cents higher FOB. Organic feed soybeans traded 1.36 lower FOB. There is limited forward contracting on organic feed soybeans. Organic feed wheat markets are mostly stable. Organic soybean meal and oil trade activities are lighter on healthy buying interests. Market trends and trading activities are inactive on all other organic grains currently. Total organic ads for surveyed retail stores dipped 15 percent. Organic milk advertisements, gallon containers, increased 98 percent compared to the last reporting period. Organic advertisements increased in the Northwest, Southwest and Northeast regions this week. The price spread between the weighted average advertised price for organic half gallon milk, $3.82, compared to $2.47 for conventional half gallons, led to an organic premium of $1.35. The organic premium dropped $1.89 from the previous reporting period. Information for the period July 5 - 16, 2021, issued biweekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI JESSICA MUELLER, 608-422-8589 Email: jessica.mueller@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