Has butterfat production begun to outpace consumer demand?
This January, U.S. butterfat levels pushed to a record 4.46%. That’s up from 4.35% just 12 months ago and a remarkable jump from 4.03% in the January 2020 milk supply, according to data published by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. The increasing production has some people asking, “Are we beginning to produce too much butterfat?” “That’s […]