Canadian monthly butter stocks declined during September as total requirement for milk increased in Canada.
The Canadian Dairy Commission’s most recent monthly report shows that it expects moderate growth given the current economic climate.
The commission says it expects growth in total milk requirements to increase by 1.7 per cent to August 2026.
In September 2025, monthly raw milk production increase, along with requirements, but butter stocks were reduced by 2,543 tonnes during the month.
Requirements for milk were up a healthy 6.1 per cent in September 2025 versus August and 5.53 per cent over September 2024.
The changes in product demands that drove the increase were across the range of dairy products.
Consumption of milk was up by 7.2 per cent, cream by 2.9 per cent, yogurt by 5.7 per cent, cheese by 17.3 per cent and butter by 25.2 per cent from the previous month.
In the past year consumption is up for milk by 0.6%, cream by two per cent, yogurt by 7.3 per cent, ice cream by 7.5 per cent, cheese by 3.3 per cent and butter by 8.2 per cent.
Imports also continue to increase and so far in the dairy year, there have been above average import of butter from World Trade Organization and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) countries.
Imports in the 12 months previous to September 2025 have increase by 10.18 per cent, for a total of 27 million kg of butterfat.
Milk production also continues to increase across the country, with production of 1.19 million kg of butterfat equivalent in September 2025. That’s an increase of 2.59 per cent from August and 4.48 per cent compared to September of last year.
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