# Cheesier pizzas rescue dairy prices as Americans drink less milk - The Gazette

> US cheese consumption rose by the largest amount since 2000, and butter demand also advanced, while fluid milk consumption has fallen for six straight years. Despite a record US cow herd, the dairy industry is getting a boost from higher-fat product demand.

- Date: 2017-02-11 · published 2017-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72656-cheesier-pizzas-rescue-dairy-prices-as-americans-drink-less-milk-the-gazette
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger cheese and butter demand helps lift slumping milk prices, supporting dairy-based feed ingredient values even as fluid milk use declines.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-11-19 | [US Dairy Prices Jump As Milk Production Growth Slows - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44199-us-dairy-prices-jump-as-milk-production-growth-slows-edairy-news-english.md) | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| MILK | 2026-07-21 | [Protein inflation surges as costlier fodder pushes up milk, chicken prices - The Economic Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18511-protein-inflation-surges-as-costlier-fodder-pushes-up-milk-chicken-prices-the.md) | +0.1% | +5.4% |
| MILK | 2022-03-01 | [High input costs temper strong milk prices \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42419-high-input-costs-temper-strong-milk-prices-capital-press.md) | +8.1% | +7.1% |
| MILK | 2018-08-27 | [3 factors will determine fate of milk prices for remainder of 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63537-3-factors-will-determine-fate-of-milk-prices-for-remainder-of-2018.md) | +9.9% | +7.3% |
| MILK | 2019-05-01 | [Milk prices on upswing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59221-milk-prices-on-upswing.md) | +3.1% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- gazette.com: https://gazette.com/2017/02/11/cheesier-pizzas-rescue-dairy-prices-as-americans-drink-less-milk-88abd29b-3993-54d8-9d55-c3f692644f95/

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