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U.S. dairy prices have fallen since retaliatory tariffs were announced by Mexico in May and China in June. The author argues that softening global demand, after unusually strong import growth earlier in the year, has played a larger role in the price weakness than the tariffs.
The analysis estimates the tariff impact on milk prices at about 17 to 71 cents per cwt.
Tariffs are bearish for U.S. milk prices but a smaller factor than slowing global demand, so buyers should watch import demand for dairy more than trade headlines.
dairyfoods.comNate DonnaySep 6, 2018After 49 past bearish trade events, Milk (Class III) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -4.7% to +1.5%), and -0.4% 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.
