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A record opening forecast milk price for next season is on the cards but dairy farmers remain wary.

A new project supported by Fonterra's Living Water Partnership with the Department of Conservation will help on-farm advisors grow their understanding of biodiversity, with a view to further building biodiversity objectives into Farm Environment Plans.

Fonterra's record forecast milk price puts the pressure on other processors to match their performance, says Federated Farmers dairy section chair Wayne Langford.

The dairy industry is facing the prospect of losing some highly skilled staff because they are not fully vaccinated.

Before Covid, the Fonterra team in Singapore was always thrilled when Kiwi farmers dropped into the office during their travels and shared stories of life back on the farm.

Fonterra-owned Global Dairy Trade (GDT) celebrated its 300th event last week.

Fonterra has dropped its 2021-22 New Zealand forecast milk collection by 1.6% due to weather constraints.

Fonterra farmers are in line to be paid a milk price over $9/kgMS for the first time ever.

Fonterra has revised the forecast for its 2021/22 New Zealand milk collections to 1,500 million kgMS, down from its opening forecast of 1,523 million kgMS.

Dairy farmers will be milking cows for as long as they can to capitalise on a record milk price this season.