With 20-Year Lows and Record Highs, Cheese Prices Ride Roller Coaster During Pandemic

July 13, 2020 Mary Kate McCoy, WPR

From 20-year-lows to record highs, the price of cheese has been on a wild ride since the coronavirus pandemic began.

What’s Gotten into the Price of Cheese

The wholesale market for Cheddar is typically a mild one. But the vagaries of supply and demand during the pandemic have caused sharp swings in cheese prices, which rose to record highs this month — just weeks after plummeting to nearly 20-year lows.

Cheese Prices, Do We Have a Problem?

September 9, 2019 Market Intel, Farm Bureau

The widening block-barrel spread is due to a variety of factors.