# Dairy Markets Fighting To Survive - EDairy News English

> Dairy demand has slowed as the retail buying surge faded, and foodservice channels and exports remain constrained. Class III futures have lost 15-30% since January 31 and Class IV contracts have lost about one-third of their value. Butter output is rising and cream prices are historically cheap.

- Date: 2020-04-20 · published 2020-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53780-dairy-markets-fighting-to-survive-edairy-news-english
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Excess butter, cream and cheese production with weak demand keeps dairy product and milk prices under pressure, weighing on the milk price outlook for producers buying feed.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- en.edairynews.com: https://en.edairynews.com/dairy-markets-fighting-to-survive/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.