# Cheese Prices Strengthen - EDairy News English

> CME cash dairy prices strengthened for cheese but fell for butter and powder in the latest week. Cheddar blocks closed at $1.07 per pound, ending five weeks of losses but still 61.5 cents below a year ago, while Leprino Foods idled a Colorado plant after COVID-19 cases.

- Date: 2020-04-29 · published 2020-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53642-cheese-prices-strengthen-edairy-news-english
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Cheese strength driven by pipeline refilling supports milk prices modestly, but butter and powder weakness and the year-on-year decline keep the milk outlook soft.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Sources

- en.edairynews.com: https://en.edairynews.com/cheese-prices-strengthen/

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