As we move fully into spring, it is time to have our butterfat-risk toolkit out and ready for deployment

This marks the eighth straight year that butterfat levels have set a new record. In 2022, federal order pools with multiple component pricing averaged 4.08% butterfat, reported Peter Fredericks, California’s...

Why do milk components matter? During the March Hoard’s Dairyman webinar, the University of Illinois’ Mike Hutjens reviewed several reasons why it pays to improve component production

The butterfat found in milk carries the flavor consumers have grown to savor when eating dairy products

Just 10 years ago, a good goal for milkfat production in a Holstein herd was 3.75%. Between 2000 and 2012, the average butterfat test in the Midwest was 3.7% to 3.8%

Just how much U.S. milk goes into U.S. dairy exports? A few readers posed that question after reading the October 10, 2020, Editorial Comment "Should we cull all the cows in Wisconsin?"

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

Milk fatty acid metrics are used for routine herd monitoring and to troubleshoot situations where milkfat content is lower than desired

Butter prices are slipping, with a high likelihood of falling below $2.10 per pound this month for the first time since November 2016

From 2000 to 2018, milkfat levels in the collective U.S. bulk tank jumped from 3.68 to 3.89 percent

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

Whether you are dairy farming in America or New Zealand, milkfat is back in a big way