Dairy Product Prices: Butter & Milk Down, Cheese Up

Butter prices received for 25 kilogram and 68 pound boxes meeting United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grade AA standards averaged $2.17 per pound for the week ending October 23, 2010. The United States (US) price per pound decreased 1.1 cents from the previous week.

Cheddar Cheese prices received for US 40 pound blocks averaged $1.77 per pound for the week ending October 23, 2010. The price per pound increased
0.9 cents from the previous week. The price for US 500 pound barrels adjusted to 38 percent moisture averaged $1.76 per pound, unchanged from the previous week.

Dry Whey prices received for bag, tote, and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade standards averaged 37.0 cents per pound for the week ending October 23, 2010. The US price per pound increased 0.8 cents from the previous week.

Nonfat Dry Milk prices received for bag, tote, and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade or United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Grade A standards averaged $1.14 per pound for the week ending October 23, 2010. The US price per pound decreased 4.2 cents from the previous week.

1. Workshop to discuss nutrient application, management, stewardship
2. Help for flood affected farmers
3. Ag markets diverged significantly Friday afternoon
4. Vilsack: Food, Farm and Jobs Bill critical for U.S. producers
5. Ag markets decidedly mixed on Friday morning
6. Dairy among best snacks for diabetics

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