WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – Butterfat has recently been contributing more money to producers’ milk checks than protein has. This is a reversal of a long-term trend.
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Sub-acute acidosis is a stealthy robber of a dairy herd's butterfat-test percentage.
Butter reached its highest consumption level since 1968 at 5.7 pounds per capita in 2016.
As producers push for more total milk production, fat percentage tends to drop. They need to find that sweet spot in cow-diet and overall management to have both at acceptable levels.
With the current milk market, producers have more reason to sleuth ways to improve cow butterfat output.
