# Worst of prolonged dairy downturn may be past | Market Columns | leadertelegram.com

> USDA's February Cold Storage report shows US butter stocks up 14.8% from January but 8.8% below a year earlier. Total cheese inventory was 1.37 billion pounds, up 4% year-on-year, with mozzarella holdings rising. Analysts say the stock levels are plentiful but not overly burdensome.

- Date: 2019-04-01 · published 2019-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8732-worst-of-prolonged-dairy-downturn-may-be-past-market-columns-leadertelegram-com
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Ample cheese and butter stocks weigh on US dairy prices and reduce pressure to raise milk output. The effect on feed demand is small.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2017-09-18 | [Milk production estimates raised on milk-per-cow growth \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68975-milk-production-estimates-raised-on-milk-per-cow-growth-dairy-leadertelegram-com.md) | +0.9% | +3.0% |
| MILK | 2018-04-30 | [Milk output continuing to climb but appears to be slowing \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65655-milk-output-continuing-to-climb-but-appears-to-be-slowing-dairy-leadertelegram.md) | +4.1% | +4.5% |
| MILK | 2017-04-17 | [Cheesemakers cancel downtime as surplus milk flows in \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71638-cheesemakers-cancel-downtime-as-surplus-milk-flows-in-dairy-leadertelegram-com.md) | -0.2% | +2.3% |
| MILK | 2017-09-25 | [Bearish milk supply nudges more cows into ‘retirement’ \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69081-bearish-milk-supply-nudges-more-cows-into-retirement-dairy-leadertelegram-com.md) | +0.1% | +1.4% |
| MILK | 2026-09-29 | [Dairy markets face downward pressure \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5027-dairy-markets-face-downward-pressure-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | -6.6% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- leadertelegram.com: https://www.leadertelegram.com/country-today/markets/market-columns/worst-of-prolonged-dairy-downturn-may-be-past/article_cfda4f42-604a-55b3-8a31-a36323deb6d7.html

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