Butter Price Reaches Record High
The cash price for butter hit an all-time high Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Butter hit $2.8225 a pound in Friday trading, topping the $2.81 record price it reached in 1998.
The cash price for butter on the CME began the month at $2.40 a pound.
Butter prices have soared this year as worldwide demand has grown.
Higher-end prices for dairy products are good news for dairy farms, but bad news for foodmakers who use butter as a major ingredient in their products.
This article appeared in print in edition of Hamodia.
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