Better days coming - Open Country Dairy
Open Country Dairy suppliers have received a final payout of $7.37/ kgMS for milk sent to the factories in October and November last year.
Open Country Dairy suppliers will receive $9.37/kgMS for milk supplied between June and September this year.
Farmer suppliers will be paid in full this month.
The price is 2c above last season's average milk price of $9.35/kgMS, a record payout by Open Country.
The company, which pays suppliers in full via four instalments during the year, paid $10.06/kgMS as January settlement period and $9.84/kgMS in May.
Open Country chief executive Steve Koekemoer says a string of very strong milk prices is testament of the way the business has performed.
"The business has performed extremely well and this is shown in our milk payments to farmers."
Global dairy prices have receded in recent months and Koekemoer says demand has been weaker than anticipated.
Demand in China expected to bounce back from Covid lockdowns, prices should come back.
"We anticipate prices to rise in the medium term," he says.
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