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     Organic Dairy Retail Overview

     Report 32 - Released on August 9, 2019

     Across the United States, organic retail advertisements grew 1 percent compared to the
     previous survey period. Regionally, increases in ads were reported in parts of the East
     region, but ads decreased in the Midwest and Southwest regions. Organic milk advertisements
     in the Southeast saw a large percentage change in ads, up 314 percent, compared to last
     week.

     The organic milk premium, the difference between the half gallon organic milk price and
     conventional milk price, $2.04, shifted higher compared to the previous week's spread,
     $1.34. The weighted average milk prices for organic and conventional half gallons this week
     are $4.07 and $2.03, respectively.

     Organic yogurt ad numbers heightened this week, at 17 percent, 3 percent higher than last
     week, as a percentage of total organic ads by commodity.

     Advertising information presented is compiled from nearly 23,000 surveyed newspaper
     supermarket ads. Prices are valid from August 9-15, 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


     Commodity          This         Last        Last
                        Week         Week        Year

     Butter             $5.99 $5.99     $6.39

     Milk
      Half Gal.         $4.07        $3.61       $3.89
      Gal.              $6.22        $5.11       $6.85
      8 oz.UHT           n.a.         n.a.       $0.88

     Yogurt
      4-6 oz. Greek      n.a.        $1.00       $1.35
       32 oz. Greek     $5.20        $5.44     $6.49
      4-6 oz. Yogurt    $1.00        $1.28       $0.81
       32 oz. Yogurt    $3.50        $2.89        n.a.


     Complete results of the ³National Retail Report-Dairy´ and ³Bi-Weekly Organic Report´ are
     accessible using the following links:

     1 https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dybretail.pdf

     2 https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dybdairyorganic.pdf

     Information for the period July 29 -  August 9, 2019, issued biweekly

     Published by:
     Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
     JESSICA MUELLER, 608-422-8589
     Email: jessica.mueller@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
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