$8 final milk price likely
An $8/kgMS farm gate milk price is still on the cards with less than six weeks left to run this season.
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction has delivered more good new for dairy farmers.
This morning's GDT price index rose 9.9%, its fourth consecutive rise.
More importantly, the average price of Fonterra's flagship commodity export - whole milk powder- rose 12.9% to US$2824/tonne.
Skim milk powder price rose 13.4% to US$2267/tone.
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The country’s 4200 commercial fruit and vegetable growers will vote from May 14 on a new HortNZ levy.
Meat processor Alliance Group is asking farmer shareholders to inject more capital in order to remain a 100% co-operative.
A vet is calling for all animals to be vaccinated against a new strain of leptospirosis (lepto) discovered on New Zealand dairy farms in recent years.
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