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OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is polluting the environment.
A downward trend in global dairy prices has triggered a revision of Fonterra’s forecast farmgate milk price for this season.
The co-operative has revised its milk price range – from $8.75-$10.25/kgMS to $8.50-$10/kgMS.
The midpoint reduces from $9.50 to $9.25 but current advance payment rate of $5.70/kgMS is unchanged.
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says revision will be disappointing for farmers but it reflects a number of factors - including the recent downward trend in global dairy prices driven by some short-term softening in global demand, and the general impact of inflation on purchasing behaviour.
“However, we believe the longer-term outlook for dairy remains positive,” says Hurrell.
Dairy prices on Global Dairy Trade has been dropped almost every auction since March. Over the past 11 auctions, only one (June 7) recorded a rise in the GDT price index.
Whole milk powder prices, used as a benchmark to set the milk price, has also been on the decline- dropping from US$4757/metric tonne on March 1 to US$3417/MT in the last auction two weeks ago.
On the eve of his departure from Federated Farmers board, Richard McIntyre is thanking farmers for their support and words of encouragement during his stint as a farmer advocate.
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One of New Zealand's latest and largest agrivoltaics farm Te Herenga o Te Rā is delivering clean renewable energy while preserving the land's agricultural value for sheep grazing under the modules.
Global food company Nestle’s chair Paul Bulcke will step down at its next annual meeting in April 2026.
Brendan Attrill of Caiseal Trust in Taranaki has been announced as the 2025 National Ambassador for Sustainable Farming and Growing and recipient of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the National Sustainability Showcase at in Wellington this evening.
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