Cheese Reporter

Front Page - January 14, 2022 • Volume 146, No. 31
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US Licensed Cheese Imports In 2021 Were Up 5.5% From 2020; TRQ Was 59.9% Filled
Licensed US cheese imports during 2021 totaled 178.7 million pounds, up 5.5 percent, or 9.3 million pounds, from 2020, according to figures recently released by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Dairy CPI Rose 1.6% In 2021, Lower Than Other Major Retail Food Groups

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for dairy and related products was a record-high 235.4 in December 2021, up 1.0 percent from November and 1.6 percent higher than in December 2020, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported.

PPDs All Positive Again In December; Class III Volume Tops 7.0 Billion Pounds
Class III volume in December on the seven federal milk marketing orders that pay dairy farmers a producer price differential (PPD) totaled 6.1 billion pounds, up 938 million pounds from November and 3.4 billion pounds higher than in December 2020, according to the December statistical uniform price announcements for those orders..

USDA Hikes Dairy Price Forecasts On Tight Supplies, Firm Demand
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its monthly supply-demand estimates released Wednesday, raised its 2022 dairy product and price forecasts while holding its milk production forecast steady..

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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Canada Certainly Knows How To Make Dairy Trade Interesting by Dick Groves, Cheese Reporter
USDA Buys String Cheese, Seeks Butter For Delivery In April And June
NE-DBIC Awards Goat, Sheep Dairy Supply Chain Grants To Six Businesses
US Supreme Courts Halts Vaccine-Or-Test Mandate; FMI Applauds Decision
Select Milk Receives Patent For Methods For Casein Production
Gruyere Associations Appeal District Court Ruling That Term Is Generic
FDA OKs Qualified Health Claim For Magnesium, Reduced Risk Of Hypertension
Loos’ Baumgartner, Mertens Retire; Company To Continue Tradition Of Quality
NYSCMA Moves Spring Meeting To Online Virtual Event March 8
COLUMNISTS: Creative HR Solutions Essential to Ending ‘The Great Resignation’ , by Rebekah Sweeney, WCMA
COMPANY PROFILE: Michigan State Dairy Plant Veterans Carry On Leelanau Cheese Legacy
And Plenty More...

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