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OPINION: Are the heydays of soaring global demand for butter over?
In May this year, the price of butter of Global Dairy Trade platform nearly touched US$8,000/MT.
However, butter prices have dropped in the last 10 consecutive GDT auctions and now sit at around US $5900/MT.
While butter prices don't impact the farmgate milk price in a big way, the downward trend should mean cheaper prices for butter on supermarker shelves.
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