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Thursday, 06 December 2018 08:40

Fonterra drops forecast farmgate milk price

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Fonterra chairman John Monaghan. Fonterra chairman John Monaghan.

Fonterra has dropped its forecast farmgate milk price for the season.

The co-op’s revised price range for 2018-19 is $6 to $6.30/kgMS, down from $6.25 to $6.50/kgMS.

Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says the revision in the forecast milk price range is due to the global milk supply remaining stronger relative to demand, which has driven a downward trend on the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) index since May. 

“Since our October milk price update, production from Europe has flattened off the back of dry weather and rising feed costs. US milk volumes are still forecast to be up one per cent for the year,” says Monaghan. 

“Here in New Zealand, we are maintaining our forecast collections at 1,550 million kgMS. NIWA is saying its likely we will see an abnormal El Nino weather pattern over summer and this could impact our farmers’ milk production. 

“Demand from China and Asia remains strong. However, we are seeing geopolitical disruption impacting demand from countries that traditionally buy a lot of fat products from us. 

“Today’s forecast range assumes dairy prices will firm across the balance of the season. This is consistent with the views of other market commentators.”

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