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