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A one litre cream product sold to kitchens, restaurants and bakeries all through Asia and China is a real growth market, says Fonterra's operations manager Canpac, Russell Muir.

Demand for New Zealand fresh milk in China is “exploding”, says independent processor Green Valley Dairy.

Canterbury processor, Synlait Milk has increased its forecast of the market milk price for this season from $4.40/kgMS to a range of $4.50 - $4.70/kgMS.

SYNLAIT MILK expects strong global demand for its lactoferrin to continue since it began commercially producing and selling the milk protein earlier this year.

THE MINISTRY for Primary Industries (MPI) wants public feedback on options for the sale of raw milk to consumers.

FONTERRA HAS announced a forecast opening farmgate milk price of $7k/gMS for the 2014/15 season.

MARCH ESTIMATES for New Zealand milk flows are for a double-digit percentage increase over the prior year when the drought had taken a firm grip, says Rabobank.

DURING LAST year’s drought, when conventional pasture was parched and brown across Waikato, paddocks of chicory stood out like oases.

The Rural News article published page 29, January 21, states:  John Roche, Dairy NZ’s principal scientist, animal science, rubbishes suggestions high MU is associated with poor reproduction.  “Let me be very clear, there is no evidence that a high MU (milk urea) is in anyway detrimental to cow production, health or reproduction.”

SYNLAIT MILK expects to outperform financial targets on the basis of a favourable product mix.