Milk Powder Prices Prop Up Farmgate Milk Price
Milk powder prices are keeping farmgate prices up, helping processors offset the dip in milk fat prices.
The overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction has delivered another solid result.
The GDT price index rose 4.8%, its fifth straight rise.
More importantly for farmers, whole milk powder price rose 2.2% to a four-year high of US$3,380/MT.
Fonterra uses WMP price as a benchmark to set its farm gate milk payout.
Key Results
AMF index up 17.2%, average price US$5,398/MT
Butter index up 4.6%, average price US$4,735/MT
BMP not offered
Ched index down 0.3%, average price US$4,082/MT
LAC index up 6.6%, average price US$1,173/MT
SMP index up 7.0%, average price US$3,243/MT
SWP not offered
WMP index up 2.2%, average price US$3,380/MT
