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