# Dairy markets remain unsettled | Capital Press

> Cash block cheddar closed at $1.5850 per pound, and spot butter ended near $2.21. Snowstorms in the Northeast led some Midwestern cheesemakers to cut production, and Italian-style cheese demand weakened.

- Date: 2018-03-20 · published 2018-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65997-dairy-markets-remain-unsettled-capital-press
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Weather-driven demand softness and reduced cheese output may ease dairy prices in the near term, though strong specialty demand provides some support.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2018/03/20/dairy-markets-remain-unsettled/

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