# Soaring demand for dairy foods fueled a US butterfat boom, but cheesemakers need milk protein levels to catch up - Dairy Producer

> Report on US butterfat growth, citing CoBank research, says butterfat content has increased at twice the pace of protein over recent years. The protein-to-fat ratio fell from 0.82–0.84 to about 0.77, challenging cheesemakers who need a near-0.80 ratio.

- Date: 2025-09-26 · published 2025-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22860-soaring-demand-for-dairy-foods-fueled-a-us-butterfat-boom-but-cheesemakers-need
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The surplus of butterfat relative to protein depresses butter and cream values while cheese production efficiency suffers, weighing on US dairy product prices.

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- MILK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- dairyproducer.com: https://dairyproducer.com/soaring-demand-for-dairy-foods-fueled-a-us-butterfat-boom-but-cheesemakers-need-milk-protein-levels-to-catch-up/

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