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Spot Whey Powder All Time High
The protein bulls galivanted through LaSalle Street, and CME spot whey powder struck a new all-time high. Spot whey powder jumped 7ȼ this week to 91ȼ per pound. The 8% increase marked the whey market’s first foray into the 90s in its eight-year tenure at the spot market. USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that whey powder demand is “steady to strong.” And some October processing downtime and production issues tightened supplies. Manufacturers continue to concentrate as much whey as possible, but there’s still plenty of raw whey leftover. Through September, whey powder production was up 7.8% year-over-year.
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Plunging stocks, cheap oil, and a strong dollar would normally spell disaster in the dairy markets. There was a lot of red ink on LaSalle Street but the damage was not nearly as extreme as feared.
View reportThe dairy markets sprinted out of the gate on Monday, but they couldn’t sustain such an energetic pace. The dairy markets are fixated on the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its potential impact on the economy and consumer behavior. However, there are a lot of good things to be said about dairy market fundamentals.
View reportThe markets were swamped in waves of selling due to fears that the coronavirus would spread. The dairy bulls finally came up for air on Friday, bringing some much needed calm to the dairy complex.
View reportThe markets were awash in red ink on Wednesday, and the selloff gathered speed as the week drew to a close.
View reportDairy producers can live with those prices, but they are certainly uninspiring, especially after several years of hardship.
View reportThe market is still suffering a hangover after over-indulging in October and November and the damage has been done.
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