# Monitoring Trends in Retail Prices and Farm Shares of Food Products | Economic Research Service

> USDA Economic Research Service published a note on how farm shares of retail food prices move with commodity prices and marketing costs. It uses head lettuce, where weather-driven supply cuts in 2017 lifted the farm share to 38%, as an example. The piece describes methodology rather than a new market event.

- Date: 2018-08-06 · published 2018-08-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63539-monitoring-trends-in-retail-prices-and-farm-shares-of-food-products-economic
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The article gives background on retail-to-farm price spreads but does not signal a change in grain, oilseed or feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-08-09 | [U.S. milk-fat supply climbed from 2000 to 2019, as did the use of milk fat in cheese and butter production \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45571-u-s-milk-fat-supply-climbed-from-2000-to-2019-as-did-the-use-of-milk-fat-in.md) | +1.1% | +3.9% |
| MILK | 2025-06-25 | [Dairy farmers receive over 50 percent of butter’s retail price, less than 20 percent of ice cream’s \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24222-dairy-farmers-receive-over-50-percent-of-butter-s-retail-price-less-than-20.md) | +0.4% | -6.9% |
| MILK | 2017-03-06 | [Consumers Paid Less for Grocery Store Foods in 2016 Than in 2015 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71997-consumers-paid-less-for-grocery-store-foods-in-2016-than-in-2015-economic.md) | -1.3% | -0.7% |
| MILK | 2019-02-14 | [Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: February 2019 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60540-livestock-dairy-and-poultry-outlook-february-2019-economic-research-service.md) | -0.1% | +6.7% |
| MILK | 2022-02-15 | [Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: February 2022 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42651-livestock-dairy-and-poultry-outlook-february-2022-economic-research-service.md) | +0.3% | +7.4% |

## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2018/august/monitoring-trends-in-retail-prices-and-farm-shares-of-food-products

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