MD_DA901 Organic Dairy Retail Overview Report 6 - Released on February 8, 2019 In the first week of February, total organic retail advertisements increased 32 percent. Organic yogurt, 32 oz packages posted the largest percentage change in ads, 214 percent. The Northeast region has the largest percentage change for promotions this survey period at 215 percent. For organic milk, half gallon packages posted the biggest number of ads this week. The current retail milk price spread between organic and conventional half gallon milk is an organic premium of $2.44. The price spread shifted up $1.27 compared to the prior retail survey. Organic retail outlets displayed ads for 7 commodities this week. Organic milk, as a percentage of the overall ads of organic dairy products, reported 59 percent, followed by organic yogurt at 16 percent. Organic cottage and cream cheese published the lowest percentages of total ads, both representing 2 percent this week. The pie chart below displays percentages of all organic dairy commodities detailed in the ad survey. Complete results of this bi-weekly survey providing additional graphs, tables, can be accessed at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dybdairyorganic.pdf. Advertising information presented is compiled from nearly 23,000 surveyed newspaper supermarket ads. Prices are valid from January 25-31, 2019. Retail survey ads reflect ³advertised 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 (Dollars) Commodity This Last Last Week Week Year Butter 5.18 n.a. 5.22 Milk Half Gal. 3.98 3.63 3.63 Gal. 5.62 6.01 7.13 8 oz. n.a. 0.92 n.a. Yogurt 4-6 oz. Greek n.a. n.a. 1.00 32 oz. Greek n.a. 3.00 n.a. 4-6 oz. Yogurt 1.11 n.a. 0.90 32 oz. Yogurt 3.61 3.50 3.34 Complete results of the ³National Retail Report-Dairy“ and ³Weekly National Organic Summary“ are accessible using the following links: 1 https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dybretail.pdf 2 https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lswnos.pdf Information for the period January 28 - February 8, 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 DMN MARS (MyMarketNews): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/ DMN Database Portal: https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home