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Pressure on milk prices

Emma Higgins says farmgate prices are moving lower in 2023 in part due to global milk supply returning to growth.

Rabobank has announced an opening farmgate milk forecast of $8.20kg/MS for the 2023/24 season, while also highlighting vastly changed global dairy markets.

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$8 not a done deal!

Fonterra Co-operative council chair John says farmers will be looking carefully at their budgets.

Farmers have been told that an opening forecast milk price of $8/kgMS this season hinges on China’s demand for whole milk powder (WMP) bouncing back.

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Reduced Chinese demand pushing milk price down

Fonterra expects demand from China to rise as the country recovers from Covid-19.

Reduced short-term demand from China is impacting farmgate milk price, says Fonterra.

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Cheese, protein guide co-op to bumper profit

Fonterra says higher prices in its protein portfolio boosted earnings in the third quarter.

Fonterra has made a bumper third quarter profit on the back of soaring cheese and protein prices.

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Strong demand drives positivity

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Final GDT a fizzer

Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny says the result reaffirms the bank’s final milk price forecast of $8.30/kgMS for this season.

With just a week left in the 2022-23 season, economists agree that a final milk price around $8.30/kgMS is all but locked in.

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Infant formula 'doomed'!

New Zealand infant formula exports to China topped nearly $1 billion in 2021, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries.

The once-lucrative Chinese infant formula market is shrinking.

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NZ Avocado boss to step down

NZ Avocado Growers Association chief executive Jen Scoular will step down in August after serving 12 years in the role.

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FTA a milestone for exporters

DCANZ executive director Kimberly Crewther says eliminating tariffs will give UK dairy customers and consumers an equal opportunity to choose high-quality NZ dairy products.

The Executive Director of Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ), Kimberly Crewther has described the NZ/UK free trade deal (FTA) as a milestone for the industry.

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