At 3.95%, the butterfat content in last year’s milk supply has pushed historic highs in USDA data tracing back to 1924

With 84% of all milk in the Upper Midwest Federal Milk Marketing Order heading to the cheese vat, it stands to reason that milk components would hold a higher value in dairy farmer milk checks

In June of 2014, Time magazine’s cover showed a picture with a title that read “Eat Butter.”

For back-to-back years, butterfat levels in the collective U.S. bulk tank posted 0.05 percentage growth

At $2.61 per pound, butterfat prices climbed 13 percent last year to post a record high in the Northeast Federal Milk Market Order