MD_DA901 Organic Dairy Retail Overview Report 44 - Released on October 30, 2020 ORGANIC DAIRY RETAIL OVERVIEW Organic Milk Retail Prices for Selected U.S. Cities. October 2020 in-store surveys of supermarkets in selected U.S. cities show that averages prices for organic whole milk in the half gallon container ranges from $2.90 in Cincinnati, OH to $5.84 in Pittsburg, PA. Surveyed cities that experienced noteworthy changes in average prices from September 2020, include Syracuse, NY, down 95 cents; Cincinnati, OH, down 39 cents; Miami, FL, down 34 cents; Philadelphia, PA, and St. Louis MO., down 25 cents. The Kansas City, MO, half gallon, organic whole milk average price increased 26 cents, while Minneapolis, MN and Portland, OR both grew 25 cents. The U.S. October 2020 simple average price was $4.04, down 5 cents from last month. Organic whole milk half gallon prices continue to trend lower. Organic Dairy Retail Summary. This survey period, total organic dairy retail advertisements dropped 39 percent. Total ads for specific commodities show organic cheese declined 49 percent, organic milk sank 29 percent, and organic yogurt ads fell 6 percent. Organic milk, in half gallon container, was the lone organic dairy commodity surveyed that posted an increase in retail ads, increasing 54 percent compared to the previous week’s survey. The difference between the half gallon conventional milk price, $2.66, and half gallon organic milk price,$3.93, led to an organic premium of $1.27 this week. The volume of ads in regional markets was mixed. Retail stores in the Midwest and Southeast regions reduced organic dairy ads -34 and -67 percent, respectively. Ads increased in Alaska, Northeast, and South Central regions 155 percent, 57 percent, and 23 percent, respectively. Limited data restricted percentage calculations for the Northwest, Southwest, and Hawaii regions. Advertising information presented is compiled from nearly 23,000 surveyed newspaper supermarket ads. Prices are valid from October 29 – November 6, 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. $5.29 $4.99 Cottage Cheese n.a $3.81 n.a. Milk Half Gal. $3.93 $4.22 $4.11 Gallon $4.49 $5.10 $5.97 8 oz.UHT n.a. n.a. n.a. Yogurt 4-6 oz. Greek n.a. n.a. n.a. 32 oz. Greek $3.50 $3.57 $3.91 4-6 oz. Yogurt $0.69 $1.24 $1.25 32 oz. Yogurt $3.49 n.a. $3.23 Data source: USDA Dairy Market News Information for the period October 19 - 30, 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