Dairy prices reflect export activity

Dairy prices reflect export activity

A market advisor says the dairy price rollercoaster remains a sign of on-and-off export sales.

Katie Burgess with Ever.ag tells Brownfield the cheese market is one example. “The volume of barrels trading on the exchange picked up this week which tends to be a telltale sign that hey, maybe those spot cheese exports have dried up.”

Burgess says new data confirms the correlation between dairy prices and export sales. “Back at the end of 2023, prices were really low.