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Restaurant, school and food-service closures have dried up the market for dairy products, particularly cheese. Dairy farmers have begun flushing milk because they cannot sell it.
About one-third of the state's dairy products are sold through food-service channels.
Milk disposal shows surplus supply with no demand, which is strongly bearish for milk prices.
apnews.comApr 2, 2020After 49 past bearish macro events, Milk (Class III) moved a median -0.6% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -8.5% to +0.6%), and -7.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Farmers flushing milk as restaurant and school closures eliminated cheese demand signals oversupply and bearish sentiment.
Food-service closures dried up cheese demand and farmers began flushing milk, signaling a demand collapse and oversupply that fed bearish sentiment.
