Butter sales drive China's 30pc increase in dairy imports
Dairy imports up 30pc but demand for cheese and skimmed milk powder drops.
Cheese up, butter down on dairy market
Columnist Lee Mielke wraps up the week’s dairy industry news.
By: Lee Mielke
Source: Capital Press
Link: http://www.capitalpress.com/Dairy/20180213/cheese-up-butter-down-on-dairy-market
The Great Butter Meltdown
In recent weeks, supermarket shelves in parts of France have been bereft of the butter that sustains French cooking and baking, not to mention the quintessential Gallic pleasure of a baguette au beurre.
By: ELAINE KHOSROVA
Source: The New York Times
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/opinion/butter-shortage-france-climate.html
Global dairy prices slide, but saved by the NZ dollar
The impact of the slide in dairy prices at the latest global dairy auction could have been worse if the value of the New Zealand dollar was higher, Federated Farmers says.
By: GERARD HUTCHING
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/98648556/global-dairy-prices-slide-35-per-cent
New dairy plant will churn out butter, other products
As demand for butter fat continues to grow, Western Milk Pool to eliminate SNF/BF ratio.
By: Shannon VanRaes
Source: Manitoba Co-operator
Link: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/local/new-manitoba-dairy-plant-will-churn-out-milk-butter-other-products/?module=carousel&pgtype=homepage&i=1
Cheese prices up, butter down
Cash dairy product prices ended the week before Halloween mixed.
By: Lee Mielke
Source: Capital Press
Link: http://www.capitalpress.com/Dairy/20171031/cheese-prices-up-butter-down
The Butter Shortage In Australia Explained
Everyone, calm your teats.
By: Juliette Steen
Source: The Huffington Post Australia
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/10/26/the-butter-shortage-in-australia-explained_a_23257573/
Butter shortfall leaves French croissants half-baked
France is running short of butter, with some supermarket shelves sitting empty and the price of croissants on the rise, creating a headache for the government just as it tries to make the food chain fairer for farmers.
Why has the price of butter risen so sharply in the past year?
The cost of butter in Germany has increased by about 70 percent. Other dairy products have risen in price as well.
Anyone who has recently picked up a block of butter in the dairy aisle at a supermarket in Germany will have likely noticed a dramatic increase in its price.
Source: The Local Europe AB
Milk, butter futures fall, as markets digest surprise auction retreat
Whole milk powder futures tumbled, while those in butter extended their decline, as investors reacted to a drop in values at GlobalDairyTrade which had defied concerns over New Zealand weather.
Source: Agrimoney