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MD DA530 Dry Whey - Central                                      

MADISON, WI.  November 24, 2009 (REPORT 47)                      

DRY WHEY - CENTRAL                                               

Dry whey prices are unchanged to higher.  The market tone is strong.  Milk 
intakes are steady to higher at a few locations and some cheese plants are 
tacking on another day of production during the weekend to accommodate 
anticipated milk intake volumes.  Spot market demand for dry whey is active, and 
some Central whey is moving into the export market to help fill Far East Asian 
interest.  ANIMAL FEED DRY WHEY prices are unchanged.  Demand remains mixed.  
Foreign Agricultural Service reports that September 2009 dried whey exports 
under Schedule B code 0404104000 totaled 15.6 kilotons (kt), about equal to 
exports of the previous month but 12% lower than September 2008 exports.  
Cumulative 2009 exports through September 2009 total 146.7 kt, a decrease of 
about 3.5% compared to the same time span of 2008.  The three largest 2009 U.S. 
export markets for dried whey, total exports for January - September 2009, and 
percent change in amounts exported compared to 2008 are:  China, 33.1 kt, 
(+25%); Japan, 16.3 kt (+1%); and Canada, 15.7 kt (-16%).  Exports to those 
three countries account for about 44% of all U.S. dried whey exported during the 
first nine months of 2009.  
                                                                 
F.O.B. CENTRAL:    .3375 - .3900   MOSTLY:    .3400 - .3550      
F.O.B. CENTRAL: ANIMAL FEED MILK REPLACER:    .2400 - .3625      

200CT janet.linder@ams.usda.gov  608.250.3207