# U.S. Schools Are Buying So Much Milk, Supplies Are Drying Up - Bloomberg

> Bloomberg reports US school districts are buying milk at volumes resembling pre-pandemic levels, leaving milk supplies tight. Midwest cheesemakers are reportedly switching to powdered milk because they cannot buy enough liquid milk, according to a USDA source.

- Date: 2021-08-24 · published 2021-08-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45699-u-s-schools-are-buying-so-much-milk-supplies-are-drying-up-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Tight fluid milk supplies and shifts to powder support dairy product prices and could raise demand for dairy ingredients, a bullish signal for milk values.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-08-31 | 1 | +4.7% | 8.8 | Tight liquid milk supply from strong school demand and cheesemakers shifting to powder points to a supply-side tailwind for Class III prices. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2017-03-07 | [Dairy producers buying cheese to bolster milk prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72156-dairy-producers-buying-cheese-to-bolster-milk-prices-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.3% | -0.5% |
| MILK | 2024-09-07 | [Navigating Tighter Milk Supplies: How Dairy Farmers Can Stay Competitive Amidst Rising Challenges \| The Bullvine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4237-navigating-tighter-milk-supplies-how-dairy-farmers-can-stay-competitive-amidst.md) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| MILK | 2020-01-02 | [Higher Milk Prices Are Here — Now What? - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4662-higher-milk-prices-are-here-now-what-edairy-news-english.md) | -12.0% | -11.7% |
| MILK | 2016-08-03 | [Dairy prices shoot up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6033-dairy-prices-shoot-up.md) | +11.8% | +10.8% |
| MILK | 2019-11-05 | [Chinese dairy consumption is driving world milk prices higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10246-chinese-dairy-consumption-is-driving-world-milk-prices-higher.md) | -0.1% | -4.2% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-24/reopened-schools-are-buying-so-much-milk-it-s-shaking-up-supply

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