MD_DA901 Organic Dairy Retail Overview Report 50 - Released on December 14, 2018 ORGANIC DAIRY RETAIL OVERVIEW This week, total organic retail advertisements grew 12 percent, as organic milk, half gallon packaging, increased 36 percent compared to the previous survey period. Organic butter posted the largest drop in ads, 71 percent, as prices rose 11 percent, 60 cents, for the 1- pound pack size. The spread between organic and conventional half gallon milk, an organic premium of $0.94, dipped 44 cents compared to the previous retail survey. As a percentage of total ads by commodity, organic milk preceded all organic dairy commodities while displaying 64 percent of overall organic dairy ads. Seasonal favorites, sour cream and cream cheese, trailed at 14 and 11 percent, respectively. 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 December 14-20, 2018. 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 5.99 5.39 4.75 Milk Half Gal. 3.76 3.71 3.87 Gal. 3.99 4.80 6.29 8 oz. 1.25 n.a. 1.09 Yogurt 4-6 oz. Greek n.a. n.a. n.a. 32 oz. Greek n.a. n.a. n.a. 4-6 oz. Yogurt n.a. 1.00 1.09 32 oz. Yogurt 3.99 4.23 2.50 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 December 10 - 14, 2018, issued biweekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI DANIEL JOHNSON, 608-422-8605 Email: daniel.johnson@ams.usda.gov Additional Dairy Market News Information: Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602 DMN Website: http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN Database Portal: http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home