MD_DA902 Organic Dairy Fluid Overview Report 20 - Released on May 19, 2023 ORGANIC DAIRY FLUID OVERVIEW Organic Market Support. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), through the Organic Market Development Grant (OMDG) Program, will issue up to $75 million in competitive grants to support the development of new and expanded organic markets that help increase consumption of domestic organic agricultural commodities. The program focuses on building and expanding the capacity for certified organic production, aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, distribution, and the development of consumer markets. AMS will give priority consideration to projects addressing specific market needs for organic grains and livestock feed, organic dairy, organic fibers, organic legumes, other rotational crops, and organic ingredients currently unavailable in organic form. Applications are being accepted through July 11, 2023. To find out more go to: https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/omdg Organic Milk Product Sales. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) reported March 2023 estimated fluid product sales. The U.S. sale of total organic milk products was 256 million pounds, up 1.3 percent from the previous year and up 1.1 percent year-to-date. Organic whole milk sales, 122 million pounds, were up 5.2 percent compared to a year earlier and up 6.0 percent year-to-date. Reduced fat milk (2%) sales were 83 million pounds, down 4.3 percent from the previous year and down 3.0 percent year-to-date. Organic flavored whole milk sales, 1 million pounds, decreased 30.5 percent from the previous year, while declining 49.6 percent year-to-date. ESTIMATED TOTAL U.S. SALES OF ORGANIC FLUID MILK PRODUCTS March 2023, with comparisons SALES 1 2 CHANGE from: PRODUCT NAME March Y-T-D Prev Yr. Y-T-D (million pounds) (percent) Organic Production Practice Whole Milk 122 353 5.2 6.0 Flavored Whole Milk 1 3 -30.5 -49.6 Reduced Fat Milk (2%) 83 238 -4.3 -3.0 Low Fat Milk (1%) 26 74 2.6 -1.5 Fat-Free Milk (Skim) 15 41 -4.5 -10.7 Flavored Fat-Reduced Milk 8 22 24.4 18.9 Other Fluid Milk Products 0 1 -47.9 154.9 Total Fat-Reduced Milk 3 132 375 -1.6 -2.6 Tot. Organic Milk Products 256 732 1.3 1.1 1 These figures are representative of the consumption of fluid milk products in Federal milk order marketing areas, which account for approximately 92 percent of total fluid milk sales in the United States. An estimate of total U.S. fluid milk sales is derived by extrapolating the remaining 8 percent of sales from the Federal milk order data. Reported volumes do not include added non-dairy ingredients such as sweeteners or flavorings. 2 Data may not add due to rounding. 3 Organic fat-reduced milk categories are the total of reduced fat, low- fat, skim and flavored fat-reduced milk sales. European Average Organic Milk Pay Prices. March 2023 European organic milk average pay prices declined in Germany, Bavaria, and France when compared to February average pay prices. Additional information is shown in the table below. Organic Milk Pay Prices in Europe March 2023 Euros/100L *($USD/100L) % Change % Change Feb.2023 March 2022 Germany 60.60 $65.50 - 1.85 + 12.31 Bavaria 60.73 $65.64 - 1.54 + 12.69 France 48.15 $52.04 - 3.48 + 6.11 *Results are based on the May 19, 2023, exchange rate. Organic Cow Auction Prices. In a recent report from a Pacific Northwest livestock auction, organic cull cows traded slightly higher than conventional cows. The average price for the top 10 organic cows auctioned was $134.04 per hundredweight, compared to an average price of $114.12 per hundredweight for auctioned top 10 conventional cows. ORGANIC GRAIN FEEDSTUFF OVERVIEW National Organic Grain Feedstuff. This week, organic feed corn and soybeans exchanges are light on mixed demand. There were no forward contracting reported this period. Organic feed corn bushels sold 60 cents lower FOB. There were no comparable trades from the prior period to trend organic feed soybeans. Trading is limited on soybean meal and oil, while lower market undertones are noted. For all other organic grains trades were inactive. For additional information, access the link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lsbnof.pdf Information for the period May 8 - 19, 2023, issued biweekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI DANIEL JOHNSON, 608-422-8605 Email: daniel.johnson4@usda.gov Additional Dairy Market News Information: Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602 DMN Website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN MARS (My Market News): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov