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     Organic Dairy Retail Overview

     Report 8 - Released on February 21, 2020

     ORGANIC DAIRY NATIONAL RETAIL OVERVIEW

     This week, total organic dairy ads at surveyed supermarket outlets increased 12 percent.
     Cream cheese ads increased 100 percent, with a weighted average price increase of 50 cents.
     Ad numbers dropped for organic butter, 1 pound; organic cheese, 8 ounce shreds; organic
     Greek yogurt, 32 ounces; organic yogurt, 32 ounces. Overall, organic milk ads increased 16
     percent compared to the previous week, while organic cheese and organic yogurt ads decreased
     36 and 9 percent, respectively.

     The retail milk price spread between organic and conventional half gallon milk represents an
     organic premium of $0.93, a decline of $1.17 compared to last week. A year ago, the reported
     price spread displayed an organic premium of $2.18.

     Advertising information presented is compiled from nearly 23,000 surveyed newspaper
     supermarket ads. Prices are valid from February 21-27, 2019. 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
                         Week           Week           Year
     COMMODITY
     Butter              $5.63          $5.49         $4.99

     Milk
      Half Gal.          $3.81          $4.17         $4.07
      Gallon             $6.48          $5.99         $5.31
      8 oz.UHT           $1.25          $1.00          n.a.

     Yogurt
      4-6 oz. Greek       n.a            n.a.          n.a.
       32 oz. Greek      $4.43          $4.37          n.a.
      4-6 oz. Yogurt      n.a.           n.a.         $0.79
       32 oz. Yogurt     $3.31          $3.34         $3.76



     Information for the period February 17 - 21, 2020, issued biweekly

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

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