Demand for Greek yogurt helps to push butter prices down
In other butter news, DFA this fall is packaging its Plugra brand butter in a plastic tub.
A convergence of consumers' growing appetite for Greek yogurt coupled with their declining interest in fresh milk and changes farmers have made in animal feed have resulted in increased supplies of butterfat, a dairy expert tells Dairy Foods.
Elvin Hollon, the director of fluid marketing and economic analysis for Dairy Farmers of America, said the national dairy herd’s butterfat tests have shown a marked increase in fat content "well above historical norms, possibly in response to changes in feed rations related to record-high feed grain prices."