Displaying items by tag: Milk 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.

China's weak economic activity is weighing in on global dairy prices.

Fears of a global recession and questions over global demand for milk products are pushing dairy prices down.

Waikato milk processor Tatua has set another record for milk payout.

OPINION: Fonterra's capital structure changes are one step closer to fruition with the Government tabling legislation in Parliament last week.

The country's second largest milk producer says a strong milk price remains on the cards despite successive price drops in global dairy prices.

The forecast farmgate milk price is being tipped to hold ground despite plummeting prices on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT).

Dairy prices are falling on the back of weakening global demand for milk products but so is milk supply.

Farmers grappling with rising costs received some good news last week.