# State of the Dairy Industry: Cheese, butter “rockin’ out” with record exports | Dairy Foods

> U.S. cheese exports are up 14.1 percent year to date and at record highs, while butter and AMF exports are at 10-year highs. The article attributes the gains largely to U.S. products being priced competitively against European and Oceania supply.

- Date: 2025-11-26 · published 2025-11-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21957-state-of-the-dairy-industry-cheese-butter-rockin-out-with-record-exports-dairy
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Strong export demand supports U.S. cheese and butter prices and helps absorb domestic surplus, which partly offsets the oversupply.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2026-02-28 | [Record dairy exports in December - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4600-record-dairy-exports-in-december-dairy-star.md) | +9.6% | +8.1% |
| MILK | 2025-01-01 | [US dairy exports are approaching record levels due to consumer demand for dairy products in Mexico](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6085-us-dairy-exports-are-approaching-record-levels-due-to-consumer-demand-for-dairy.md) | +8.9% | +8.8% |
| MILK | 2017-06-02 | [U.S. Trade Rep Meets with Japan and Dairy Spikes due to Foreign Markets - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4349-u-s-trade-rep-meets-with-japan-and-dairy-spikes-due-to-foreign-markets-ag.md) | -2.3% | -5.8% |
| MILK | 2017-03-06 | [Dairy exports finish 2016 on high note](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72006-dairy-exports-finish-2016-on-high-note.md) | -1.3% | -0.7% |
| MILK | 2019-09-12 | [September 12, 2019: Dairy Week in Review \| Center for Dairy Excellence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57232-september-12-2019-dairy-week-in-review-center-for-dairy-excellence.md) | -0.2% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- dairyfoods.com: https://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/98667-state-of-the-dairy-industry-cheese-butter-rockin-out-with-record-exports

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