A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8, 2000
this period was 41 2 billion
pounds, up 6 0 percent from the
same period a year ago More
specifically, commercial
disappearance for individual dairy
products were butter up 13.4
percent, American cheese up 10.8
percent, other cheese up 7 4
percent, and nonfat dry milk
down 38 5 percent
In general, the numbers tor
commercial disappearance
suggest a positive response to a
healthy economy Strong demand
will help offset the very strong
growth in dairy product
production, particularly for
cheese. This will be an important
key to higher milk prices later m
the spring
USDA also announced this
week the March 2000 class prices
applicable to all federal oiders
The results are in Table 3 The
Class II price was $ll7l per cwt,
up $0.20 from Februaiy The
Class 111 price was unchanged at
$9 54 per cwt And the Class IV
price was $llOO per cwt, up
$0 20 from Febiuary
The cash prices at the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange were largely
unchanged from the week before
Barrel prices were $1 0875 per
pound, blocks were $1 1125 pei
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Table 3. Announcement of Class and
Component Prices for March 2000
Release Date: March 31, 2000, USDA
Class Prices:
Class II price
Class II butterfat price
Class 111 price
Class 111 skim price
Class IV price
Class IV skim milk price
Component Prices,
Butterfat
Nonfat solids
Protein
Other solids
Product Price Averages
Butter
Nonfat dry milk
Cheese
Dry whey
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