Milk futures lower, cash dairy higher

Milk futures lower, cash dairy higher

Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower Tuesday despite strength in the cash prices as trade tensions with China weigh on markets.

May Class III milk down a nickel at

$16.45.  June down seven cents at $16.55.  July 11 cents lower at

$16.69.  August down a dime at $16.99. 

September through January contracts were one to eight cents lower.

Dry whey unchanged at $0.3475. 

Blocks up $0.0075 at $1.7075.  Seven trades were made ranging from $1.6975

to $1.7075.

Continue reading Milk futures lower, cash dairy higher at Brownfield Ag News.