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Butterfat

The fat content of milk, one of the components processors pay for

All termsIntroduced in M21Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
The fat content of milk, one of the components processors pay for
How to use it
Breed, feed and herd choice move butterfat; Jersey milk carries more than Holstein milk.
South African benchmark
South African processors pay on volume plus butterfat and protein content.
Country notes
Processors in the local markets increasingly pay on components, not litres alone.
Go and read
M21 Unit 9
Calculate it
T-M21-01 Enterprise Budget prices milk per litre after component payments.
Library sources
LIB-A071
See also
Somatic cell count, Lactation
Dairy: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedDairy: how the business runsSold bylitres, paid on butterfat and protein1Rear heifers2Calve3Milk twice a day4Cool and collect5Processor or own productsZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Dairy Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M21 Dairy.