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MD DA900 Organic Dairy Market Overview                                              

MADISON, WI.  June 14, 2013, 2013 (REPORT 24)                                                

ORGANIC DAIRY MARKET OVERVIEW
       
AMS reports Total Organic Milk Products sales for April 2013, 191 
million pounds, were up 13.5% from April 2012.  Organic Whole Milk 
sales for April 2013, 50 million pounds, were up 18.5% compared with 
April 2012 and up 8.4% year-to-date compared with last year.  Organic 
Reduced Fat Milk sales for April, 57 million pounds, were 26.9% above 
sales one year earlier and 7.0% above year-to-date sales last year.   
The national weighted average advertised price of organic milk half 
gallons, $3.59, is 16 cents higher than two weeks ago.  The price range 
is $2.79 to $4.49.  One year ago the weighted average advertised price 
was $3.24, 35 cents lower than currently.  Conventional milk's price 
for half gallons, $1.00, is down 63 cents from two weeks ago.  One year 
ago the price was $2.11.  The current organic-conventional half gallon 
price spread is $2.59, compared with $1.80 two weeks ago.  The weighted 
average advertised price for 32 ounce organic yogurt is $2.74, with 
advertised prices ranging from $2.50 to $3.00. The weighted average 
advertised price for 4-6 ounce organic yogurt is $.84, with prices 
ranging from 59 cents to $1.00.  The breakdown of a homogenizer in a 
Texas milk plant this week caused a national organic brand of milk to 
transport volumes of organic milk elsewhere for processing.  A Maine 
organic dairy cooperative continues to supply all of the organic cream 
it has available to organic ice cream manufacturers in New York City, 
with demand exceeding supply.  Some of the cream is sold into 
manufacturing pasteurized and some unpasteurized.



11:00C eric.graf@ams.usda.gov