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The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction overnight delivered its third consecutive positive result.
Average prices were up 1.9% compared to the previous auction.
Whole milk powder prices lifted 2.2% to US$2829/metric tonne.
Key results
AMF index up 0.8%, average price US$3,993/MT
Butter index down 1.0%, average price US$3,597/MT
BMP not offered
Ched index up 1.4%, average price US$3,631/MT
LAC index up 0.4%, average price US$1,290/MT
SMP index up 3.1%, average price US$2,609/MT
SWP index not available, average price not available
WMP index up 2.2%, average price US$2,829/MT
DairyNZ Chair Tracy Brown has seen a lot of change since she first started out in the dairy sector, with around one-third of dairy farmers now women.
Castle Ridge Station has been named the Regional Supreme Winner at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
The South Island Dairy Event has announced Jessica Findlay as the recipient of the BrightSIDE Scholarship Programme, recognising her commitment to furthering her education and future career in the New Zealand dairy industry.
New Zealand and Chile have signed a new arrangement designed to boost agricultural cooperation and drive sector success.
New DairyNZ research will help farmers mitigate the impacts of heat stress on herds in high-risk regions of the country.
Budou are being picked now in Bridge Pā, the most intense and exciting time of the year for the Greencollar team – and the harvest of the finest eating grapes is weeks earlier than expected.
