Displaying items by tag: Milk prices

Have global dairy prices found a floor? Economists don't think so.

OPINION: Not so long ago, a payout starting with a six would have been happily accepted by the dairy sector.

Fonterra expects demand for its dairy products in China to return next year.

OPINION: The Government might not control the Chinese economy and global milk prices, but it can control the regulations and red tape it is imposing on farmers.

The forecast farmgate milk price is under more pressure following last week’s steep decline in whole milk powder prices on Global Dairy Trade (GDT).

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.

Weaker global dairy prices have forced Fonterra to further reduce its 2022/23 season forecast farmgate milk price range by 20c.

The country's second largest milk processor is not rushing to lift its milk price forecast despite a rise in global dairy prices.

OPINION: It's a New Year but apart from that nothing much seems to have changed, at least for farmers.

Weaker demand for dairy, particularly in the key Chinese market, is being blamed for the continued slide in the forecast milk price.