Archives for March 5, 2013

Dairy Farmers of America facing court over alleged ‘manipulative’ dairy trading

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is facing court over allegations that it manipulated trading in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Cheese Spot and Milk Futures markets to drive up the price of dairy products across the US.

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Dairy-based soft drinks corner small market, but demand rising: Analysts

The market for dairy-based soft drinks is still small, but demand is on the rise, analysts have claim – backing up a 2012 Rabobank forecast that soft drink-dairy category “convergence” would increase.

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February milk prices drop as cheese inventories remain high - Part one

Class III milk and milk protein prices suffered in February 2013 as cheese inventories remained at near record highs going into the month. US dairy commodities expert and MilkPrice blogger, John Geuss, gave DairyReporter.com a breakdown of price...