Alan Levitt

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Milk prices will be better in 2010, but how high will we go, and will it be enough?
Dairy prices trend upward, though reasons elusive.
Scarred from the volatility that has trampled the world dairy markets in the last three-and-a-half years, traders have grabbed onto Fonterra’s monthly commodity auction as a new global benchmark.
Once upon a time, all the world’s dairy suppliers wanted to sell to the U.S.
Ban heightens global competition as displaced European exports seek alternate ports.
Financial speculators are likely adding to the volatility in corn and, possibly by default, dairy markets.
In the first six weeks of 2011, dairy’s price factors were nothing short of remarkable.
The return of global food inflation is one of 2011’s big stories, with much focus rightly turned to grain prices.
It’s fall harvesttime—an appro-priate point at which to assess the bulls and bears in the marketplace in an effort to get properly positioned for the year ahead. At this writing (just ahead of Labor Day), projections are for above-average prices next year, but can we get there?