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OPINION: Cheaper US butter on New Zealand shelves isn't impressing everybody.

Fonterra is boosting its butter production capacity to meet growing demand.

When American retail giant Cosco came to audit Open Country Dairy’s new butter plant at the Waharoa site and give the green light to supply their American stores, they allowed themselves a week for the exercise.

DairyNZ chair Tracy Brown has waded into the debate around soaring butter prices, pointing out that the demand for dairy overseas dictates the price to farmers and at the supermarket.

OPINION: According to media reports, the eye-watering price of butter has prompted Finance Minister Nicola Willis to ask for a 'please explain' from her former employer Fonterra.

The country's second largest milk processor hopes to produce its first commercial butter within two months.

Consumers around the world are willing to pay more for products containing dairy and this is driving demand for butter and cream, says Fonterra.

Big jumps in butter and cheddar cheese prices reflect Chinese consumers returning to restaurants, cafes and bakeries, says Westpac’s senior agro economist Nathan Penny.

Images of Graeme McNabb’s farm on the West Coast will soon be hitting supermarket shelves around the world.

A unique gold rush started last week with the official opening of the new $40 million butter plant at the Chinese-owned Westland Milk Products plant on the West Coast.