Dairy Markets

As the basis product of Rice Dairy’s beginnings, Dairy continues to be the sharpest focus and the arena where they expend the most effort.

The United States has the largest supply of milk in the world, coupled with endless acreage of land. About 10% of the world's milk powder production, in excess of 700,000 metric tons, is manufactured at more than 80 plants in the United States. This ranks the United States as one of the largest milk powder producers in the world. These factors, along with strict sanitary and quality standards, year-round production, and a growing international demand have helped the U.S. dairy industry position itself as a premium dairy ingredient supplier to the world.

The Dairy industry can appreciate a certain kind of risk that comes with that responsibility: price risk. Rice Dairy’s specialty in Price Risk Management centers on classic market analyses (fundamental & technical), industry insight, and broad market participation. Rice Dairy believes that today’s dairymen, processors, end-users, and traders can use our risk management tools to safeguard against the threat of uncertain input costs and output values.

About the Chicago Mercantile Exchange:

CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) is the largest and most diverse financial exchange in the world for trading futures and options – handling nearly 800 million contracts worth more than $460 trillion in a single year. Founded in 1898, CME serves the risk-management needs of customers around the globe by offering the widest range of benchmark financial products available on any exchange, traded via our CME Globex electronic trading platform and on our trading floors. Our innovative products cover major market segments – including commodities, interest rates, equities, foreign exchange and alternative investment products – and improve the way these markets work for customers everywhere. In addition, our clearing house matches and settles all trades and guarantees the creditworthiness of every transaction that takes place in our markets.

CME Agricultural commodity products help farmers and agribusinesses manage the constant price risks they face, enabling them to lock in profits, enhance business planning and more effectively serve their markets.

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