Table 1. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Prices, Weekly Averages
21-Jan-00 14-Jan-00 7-Jan-OO
Cheese;
500 lb. barrels
40-lb. blocks
Nonfat dry milk;
Extra Grade
Grade A
Butter:
Grade AA 0.9163 0.9367 0.8750
Source: Dairy Market News, AMS, USDA
(http://www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/mncs/weekly.htm).
Table 2. NASS Weekly U.S. Average Survey Prices
Cheese:
500 lb. Barrels 1/ 1.1418
40-lb. blocks 1.1627
Butter 0.9033
Nonfat dry milk 1.0116
Dry whey 0.1840
Source: Dairy Product Prices, NASS, USDA
(http://usda. mannlib. Cornell, edu/reports/nassr/price/dairy/1999/).
1/ Adjusted to 39% moisture.
1.1000 1.1025 1.1500
1.1138 1.1150 1.1760
1.0300 1.0300 1.0300
1.0300 1.0300 1.0300
15-Jan-00 8-Jan-00 l-Jan-00
1.1415
1.1675
0.8555
1.0112
0.1883
31-Dec-99
1.1563
1.1675
1.0300
1.0300
0.8750
25-Dec-99
1.1498
1.1612
0.8785
1.0067
0.1903
1.1465
1.1465
0.8639
1.0131
0.1917
24-Dec-99
1.1500
1.1438
Weekly Dairy Market Outlook
1.0300
1.0300
0.8925
Mt. Joy Dairy Coop
Increases Milk Handled
18-Dec-99
1.1100
1.1355
0.8879
1.0123
0.1898
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last year. This in spite of, or be
cause of, the 15 to 20 percent in
crease in milk handled. A total
of 418,530,541 pounds of milk
was sold with most of it going to
Kemps and Turkey Hill in Lan
caster County.
Membership in the Coopera-
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 29, 2000-A25
(Continued from page AI6)
tive also increased by 15 to 20
percent. Officials noted that the
investment in the Cooperative
by the average patron decreased
by 35 percent this year to only
$2,384.
Lancaster County dairy prin
cess, Elisa Ranck, spoke, and
Dale Hershey, cooperative man
ager gave a report. Don Risser,
president was in charge of the
meeting. The election of direc
tors will be reported next week.
FARM
R PRO
trition Co
&
STAR Dairy Resources
Meeting
Feb. 10,2000
9:30-3:00 Chambersburg, PA
Featuring
Dr. Warren Bohnhoff
Kevin Grube
At New Franklin Community Center
From 1-81 at Chambersburg take (Exit 5)
Rt. 316 South 2 miles to New Franklin,
turn left onto New Franklin Road
to Community Center on right
Please call
77-389-8527
301-739-4692
to reserve your
free lunch