Dairy Markets Week in Review The cheese price roller coaster reversed two weeks of losses. Block closed Friday (October 10th), at $1.88 per pound, up 7 cents on the week and 3 1/4-cents above a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.8350, up 4 1/4 cents on the week but 3 1/4-cents below a year ago. Three cars of block traded … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The cash crash happened Tuesday on cheese at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, though there was a short lived rally on Thursday. When the dust settled Friday morning the blocks has fallen to $1.81 per pound, down 13 cents on the week and 7 1/2-cents below that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.7925, down … Read More
Dairyline Markets in Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cash block cheese continues to creep toward the $2 mark again but stopped short at $1.94, down 1 1/2-cents on the week but four cents above that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.9525, up two cents on the week and 10 1/4-cents above a year ago. Eight Cars of block traded hands on … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Cash cheese prices strengthened the third week in a row and block closed Friday September 19 at $1.9550 per pound, up 5 1/4-cents on the week and 14 cents above a year ago when they tumbled 17 1/2 cents, to $1.8150. Barrel closed at $1.9325, up a nickel on the week and 3 1/4 above a year ago. Only one … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cash block cheese gained another 11 3/4-cents the second week of September, closing Friday at $1.9025 per pound, but that’s 8 3/4-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.8825, up 10 3/4-cents on the week but 10 3/4-cents below a year ago. Only one car of block traded hands on the week and four … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The cash dairy markets gained ground the first week of September. Block cheese closed Friday morning at $1.7850 per pound, up 8 1/4-cents on the week, but 35 1/2-cents below that week a year ago. Barrel closed Friday at $1.7750, up 14 1/4-cents on the week but 29 1/2-cents below a year ago. Seven cars … Read More
The New Green Milk Jug
New eco-friendly milk jugs are making their way into the market, and while the changes make milk less expensive to ship and are better for the environment, some consumers are crying over the milk they spill as they adjust to the no spout carton. The redesign of the gallon milk jug, experts say, is an example of the changes likely … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The cash cheese roller coaster started the week heading down but rallied a little bit with 40-pound block closing Friday at $1.7125 per pound, down 4 3/4-cents on the week and 26 cents below that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.6625, down 7 1/2-cents on the week, and 27cents below a year ago. … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The cheese price roller coaster is just that, a roller coaster. The August 8th rally appeared to continue Monday, with blocks gaining a penny following Friday’s 6 1/4-cent gain. Barrel jumped 3 cents, following a nickel gain the previous Thursday and Friday, but prices suffered a relapse from there and block closed Friday, August 15th … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cheese price hemorrhaging continued early in the week of August 4 but a tourniquet was finally applied as the buyers stepped up to the plate. The blocks fell to $1.7050 on Thursday but rallied Friday, regaining 6 1/4-cents, and closed at $1.7675 per pound, down 6 3/4-cents on the week, and 17 1/4 below a … Read More