# High Demand Fails to Offset National Butterfat Surplus - Dairy Herd

> US butter demand has held up through the pandemic as retail purchases of high-fat dairy rose, but foodservice losses continue to weigh. Record butterfat tests in late 2020 produced heavy butter inventories and abundant cream supply.

- Date: 2021-01-11 · published 2021-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49170-high-demand-fails-to-offset-national-butterfat-surplus-dairy-herd
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy butter stocks and cream output keep US butter values low, pressuring milk prices and the dairy income that supports dairy demand.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- dairyherd.com: https://www.dairyherd.com/markets/milk-prices/high-demand-fails-offset-national-butterfat-surplus

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