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     Organic Dairy Market Overview

     Report 40 - Released on October 4, 2019

     A national organic dairy cooperator's October 2019 pay price, per cwt. is $29.24. The
     organic milk pay price received by organic dairy producers is based on the geographic area
     where the milk is produced, with a twelve-month average price of $31.30, based on a 12.9
     percent representation of total solids. Producers continue to feel the impact of the organic
     milk price drop from last year.

     Total retail organic dairy advertisements fell 39 percent from the previous week's total ad
     numbers. By region, ads decreased in the Northeast, Southeast, South Central and Southwest.
     The Northwest had the highest volume of organic retail ad numbers, driven by a 56 percent
     upturn in retail ads. There were no organic dairy ads in the Midwest, Alaska, or Hawaii. The
     ads, by commodity category, exhibited   declines for both organic yogurt and milk, 47
     percent and 43 percent, respectively. At the same time, organic cheese ads rose 71 percent.

     Information for the period September 23 -  October 4, 2019, issued biweekly

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

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