By Dairy Herd staff
Sales of fat-reduced organic fluid milk were up nearly 20 percent last year, according to data released by the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Organic fat-reduced milk sales totaled 1.3 billion pounds in 2008 — up 19.7 percent versus 2007, according to the USDA agency. Organic whole milk sales were up 23 percent last year.
Federal administrators began collecting retail price data for organic whole milk and reduced-fat (2%) organic milk in half-gallon paper cartons in April 2008. Last year, the average price of organic whole or reduced-fat milk was $3.81 per half-gallon.
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Source: Dairy Market News; AMS
