date:Jan 06, 2013
to 50% and whole eggs up about 5% to 20%. Good export demand continued as 2012 ended, but at a slower pace than earlier in the year.
Dairy product prices ended the year mixed with dry whey, lactose, 34% whey protein concentrate and casein flat to down 15% from a year earlier, along with butter down about 5%. But nonfat dry milk prices were up about 10%, buttermilk powder was up nearly 20% and cheese was up about 5%.
The dairy industry was facing declining milk supplies, the result of herd cul