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Situated between Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., on Interstate 94 in a 7,000-resident town called Lake Mills lies Crystal Farms Dairy Co.’s plant. 

Edina, Minn.-based Crystal Farms Dairy Co., producer of high-quality cheese and butter with dairy sourced from Midwest farms, is known for its commitment to “Farm and Family” by recognizing the hard work of farmers to put food on families’ tables. 

"Table for All: Pennsylvania Dairy Connects Communities" is the theme of the 33rd butter sculpture. 

Danish Creamery, a 127-year-old Dublin, Calif.-based butter company, has expanded its premium product portfolio with two "firsts" for the category: European Style Spreadable Butters with Extra Virgin Oils and European Style Butter Specialty Salt Sticks.

When it comes to butter, sales are serving up plenty of aces, with very few faults. 

CME Butter, after rallying for five straight weeks and hitting an all-time high of $3.5025 per pound on Oct. 6, finally began to show weakness last week. It closed at $3.3975 on Thursday, Oct. 19. Reports indicate demand for butter is slowing, and cream multiples are peaking.

Made from the cream of 100% grassfed sheep milk, from the mountainous Arcadia region in southern Greece. It offers 85% butterfat and is soft, smooth, and a mildly sweet flavor, the company states.

Grand Champion of Cheese and Butter went to Lake Country Dairy/Shuman Cheese’s Cello Artisan Parmesan.

This year's butter sculpture, sponsored by Wegmans, highlights the important nutritional role dairy foods play in helping brains, bones and bodies grow.

Although inflation has begun its descent, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the story remains the same for several dairy categories: dollar sales are up and unit sales are down in a majority of categories.