CME Dairy Price Flash

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MD DA997 CME Group - Daily Cash Trading - Week to Date                                    
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
MADISON, WI.  May 3, 2012 (REPORT 18)                                                     

      CME Group, CHICAGO, IL                                                              
                                                                                          
   Daily Cash Trading on Thursday, May 3, 2012                                            
                                                                                          
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                 :            CLOSE          :        CHANGE                              
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CHEESE                                                                                    
                 :                           :                                            
  BARRELS        :            $1.4700        :        -.0250                              
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  40# BLOCKS     :            $1.5350        :          N.C.                              
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NONFAT DRY MILK                                                                           
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  EXTRA GRADE    :            $1.1075        :          N.C.                              
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  GRADE A        :            $1.1475        :          N.C.                              
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BUTTER                                                                                    
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  GRADE AA       :            $1.3450        :          N.C.                              
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DAILY CASH CLOSES AND CHANGES                                    
                                                                 
COMMODITY     MONDAY    TUESDAY   WEDNESDAY   THURSDAY    FRIDAY 
              APR 30     MAY 01     MAY 02     MAY 03     MAY 04 
                                                                 
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CHEESE                                                           
BARRELS      $1.4275    $1.4650    $1.4950    $1.4700            
            (-.0075)   (+.0375)   (+.0300)   (-.0250)            
                                                                 
40# BLOCKS   $1.5350    $1.5350    $1.5350    $1.5350            
             (N.C.)     (N.C.)     (N.C.)     (N.C.)             
                                                                 
NONFAT DRY MILK                                                  
EXTRA GRADE  $1.1075    $1.1075    $1.1075    $1.1075            
             (N.C.)     (N.C.)     (N.C.)     (N.C.)             
                                                                 
GRADE A      $1.1475    $1.1475    $1.1475    $1.1475            
             (N.C.)     (N.C.)     (N.C.)     (N.C.)             
                                                                 
BUTTER                                                           
GRADE AA     $1.3550    $1.3550    $1.3450    $1.3450            
            (-.0050)    (N.C.)    (-.0100)    (N.C.)             
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Close represents US $ per pound. Change is price change from     
previous close. Information disseminated by USDA, Dairy Market   
News - Madison, WI                                               
1223C   (608) 278-4200                                           

1. Help for flood affected farmers
2. Ag markets diverged significantly Friday afternoon
3. Vilsack: Food, Farm and Jobs Bill critical for U.S. producers
4. Ag markets decidedly mixed on Friday morning
5. Dairy among best snacks for diabetics
6. Farmers dodge showers to plant corn at breakneck pace

1. Beware of the soy milk after-taste face
2. Monsters love milk, too
3. What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
4. Salma Hayek: Milk part of 'perfect' breakfast
5. Activists at the door
6. IDFA: Opposition to Dairy Supply Management mounts

1. Analysis: Dairy Security Act better for farmers, taxpayers
2. IDFA: Opposition to Dairy Supply Management mounts
3. World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
4. Commentary: Slanting the statistics
5. Buffet concerned about soil and starvation
6. Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop