MD_DA901 Organic Dairy Retail Overview Report 32 - Released on August 7, 2020 This week, retail advertisements for organic dairy products declined slightly, 3 percent, compared to the previous week. The individual categories of organic dairy products that placed ads in surveyed stores this period include organic milk and organic yogurt. The ad numbers for organic milk, gallon containers, strengthened 331 percent across the country. But, the larger volume of ads posted were for half gallon containers, nearly 4 times more than the gallon ad volume. Overall, organic milk retail ads grew 53 percent. The organic premium, the difference between the half gallon organic milk price, $4.11, and half gallon conventional milk price, $1.71, is $2.40 this period, an increase of 59 cents from the previous survey. Each region posted ads this survey period. The largest volumes of ads were in the Southwest retail stores, followed by Northeast retail stores. Meanwhile ads increased 604 percent in the Midwest as the Southwest region rose 279 percent. Advertising information presented is compiled from nearly 23,000 surveyed newspaper supermarket ads. Prices are valid from August 7 – 13, 2020. Retail survey ads reflect “advertised specials” and not the range of non-advertised supermarket cooler prices. Product pricing information of selected organic dairy commodities, from the current weekly retail survey, is presented in the following table: NATIONAL RETAIL ORGANIC DAIRY WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADVERTISED PRICE This Last Last COMMODITY Week Week Year Butter n.a. $6.99 $5.99 Cream Cheese n.a. $2.50 $2.69 Milk Half Gal. $4.11 $3.79 $4.07 Gallon $6.24 $6.99 $6.22 8 oz.UHT $1.01 n.a. n.a. Yogurt 4-6 oz. Greek n.a. n.a. n.a. 32 oz. Greek n.a. $4.99 $5.20 4-6 oz. Yogurt n.a. n.a $1.00 32 oz. Yogurt $3.00 $2.99 $3.50 Data source: USDA Dairy Market News Information for the period July 27 - August 7, 2020, 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