Hi Gardeners, Might this be a reflection of dairy farmers having to reduce herds from the drought and/or higher feed/hay cost that they are trying to recover? Allen Liz Albrook wrote: > penny x stamm <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote: > > > With Holiday baking just around the corner, we've run into > > a nightmare. Here in New York, and also in St.Louis, Mo., > > butter is selling for $5.00 a pound. Has the same thing > > happened to all of you? > > I was going to write back and tell you that butter is $2.50 a pound > but I went to the store instead. It was $2.50 when last I bought it > some 4 weeks ago. Now it's $4.00 for the store brand and $5.00 for > Land O'Lakes. > > Liz