Wednesday, 20 May 2015 08:24

Dairy prices fall further

Written by Rural News Group

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More bad news for dairy farmers as the latest Global Dairy Trade auction saw the average price index slip by 2.2% to $2,472.

It is the fifth consecutive fall this year with most products seeing a decrease.

Cheddar saw the biggest drop, down 7.1% with an average price of US$2,745/MT. This was followed by Anhydrous Milk Fat down 4.8% at US$3,337/MT and Skim Milk Powder down by 3.6% to US$1,992/MT.

Butter fell by 3.2%, average price US$2,911/MT.

Whole Milk Powder, a key product for Fonterra also saw a minor drop of 0.5% average price US$2,390/MT, with Rennet Casein down 0.4% to US$6,067/MT.

The two products to gain ground were Butter Milk Powder, up 3.2%, to US$1,930/MT and Lactose up 0.9% to US$580/MT.

Some 26,553 tonnes of product was sold, down from the 27,369 tonnes sold in the May 6 auction two weeks ago.

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