# 'Robust' demand, here and abroad, bode well for milk prices | Farm | leadertelegram.com

> Analyst Matt Gould said 2018 is the fourth straight year of poor farm milk prices, but domestic cheese and butter demand is strong and global dairy demand is robust. He said the main obstacles are trade disputes with China and Mexico, and that a Mexico tariff repeal would help.

- Date: 2018-11-05 · published 2018-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62056-robust-demand-here-and-abroad-bode-well-for-milk-prices-farm-leadertelegram-com
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Market access rather than demand is the constraint, so resolving trade disputes could lift milk prices and dairy feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

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## Sources

- leadertelegram.com: https://www.leadertelegram.com/country-today/farm/robust-demand-here-and-abroad-bode-well-for-milk-prices/article_84a6e02f-30d9-5636-96fe-4b6f506a6c23.html

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