Specialty cheesemakers in Midwest react to lower milk volume by canceling or delaying orders
Just as football training camps begin seasonal activity, there are increasing reports from cheese manufacturers about buyers beginning to more actively consider inventory needs for the last quarter of 2013 and the first of 2014.
In the Midwest a number of larger cheesemakers with contracted milk supplies report that milk supplies are up from a week ago. With cheese prices also up last week, some plants which previously shifted production emphasis from cheese to nonfat dry milk, have now reversed and are re-directing more milk into cheese.