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MARCH PRICES MONTHLY QUOTA PRICES ($/kg) PROVINCE PRICE/kg AMOUNT WANTED/kg AMOUNT FOR SALE/ kg AMOUNT PURCHASED/kg Alberta Saskatchewan $38,850 $32,020 380.30 96.40 95.61 83.63 93.62 75.40 Manitoba $28,250 91.00 261.16 85.50 Quebec $24,000 8,495.20 640.00 641.20 Nova Scotia Ontario $24,000 $24,000 975.32 11,686.74 5.80 362.16 5.80 362.00 New Brunswick $23,800 20.50 65.30 20.50 Prince Edward Island $24,000 69.50 28.00 28.00 $42,500 855.97 202.28 202.28 British Columbia *Newfoundland does not operate a monthly quota exchange. Quota is traded between producers. Feb 2016 Jan 2016 Dec 2015 $70 Nov 2015 *These figures are based on Ontario’s average composition for February of 4.11 kg. butterfat, 3.39 protein and 5.80 other solids, rounded to the nearest cent. $77.23 $75 Oct 2015 $4.815 $-4.815 $80 Sept 2015 $4.815 $72.410 $85 Aug 2015 $0.635 $0.020 $0.050 $0.060 $2.550 $1.500 July 2015 $0.635 $0.020 $0.050 $0.060 $2.550 $1.500 June 2015 Total Deductions Average total net Overquota May 2015 DFO Administration CQM Administration DFO Research Canwest DHI Transportation Market Expansion Within quota ONTARIO MONTHLY PRODUCER AVERAGE GROSS BLEND PRICE Apr 2015 For February 2016 March 2015 ONTARIO DEDUCTIONS, PER HL A total 3,761 producers sold milk to DFO in February compared with 3,863 a year earlier. P5 AND WESTERN MILK POOL BLEND PRICES* WWW.MILKPRODUCER.CA 82 P5 blend price WMP blend price 80 78 WMP $76.62 76 74 P5 $73.05 Feb 2016 Jan 2016 Dec 2015 Nov 2015 Oct 2015 Sept 2015 Aug 2015 July 2015 June 2015 Apr 2015 72 May 2015 Source: USDA *There is a two-month lag reporting these figures. Mar 2015 The February 2016 Class III Price, $13.80 US per hundredweight, is equivalent to $42.28 Cdn per hectolitre. This equivalent is based on the exchange rate of $1 US = $1.3496 Cdn, the exchange rate when the USDA announced the Class III Price. The Class III Price is in $ US per hundredweight at 3.5 per cent butterfat. One hundredweight equals 0.44 hectolitres. Canadian Class 5a and Class 5b pri