
Mass closures of restaurants and schools shifted dairy sales abruptly from wholesale food-service channels to retail grocery stores. Dairy processors also struggled to find enough drivers because some workers feared the virus and stopped working.
U.S. dairy farmers began dumping milk.
Lost food-service demand and logistics bottlenecks leave surplus milk with no outlet, pressuring farmgate and Class III milk prices lower.
Nach 49 vergangenen Ereignisse (bearisch, Makro) bewegte sich Milch (Class III) im Median über 5 Handelstage um -0,6 % (33% höher; mittlere Hälfte -8,5 % bis +0,6 %) und über 20 Handelstage um -7,5 %.
Veränderungen des Benchmarks jedes Rohstoffs seit dem letzten Schluss vor dem Ereignis. Historische Werte bündeln frühere Ereignisse derselben Art; sie beschreiben, was passiert ist, nicht was passieren wird. Keine Anlageberatung.
Shift from foodservice to retail and processing and labor disruptions created demand and logistics dislocations that weighed on milk prices.
Restaurant and school closures shifted sales away from wholesale channels, and processor labor shortages and milk dumping signaled a supply-demand imbalance.