Worth, no quote. Processors are scrambling for milk. The Southeast is pulling milk from Arizona and New Mexico, as well as from northern states. In the Midwest and Central states, cooler temperatures have encouraged milk production and fluid demand is steady.
Supplies are tighter for manufacturing milk.
Cream demand is firm with a lot of the cream going to cream cheese. Grain prices were off because of a weak export market. Cool weather helped the harvest. USDA is forecasting a slight drop in US milk production for 2001, and a 25 cent increase in the average all milk price. Further, USDA forecasts a 95 cent increase in the average Class III price.