$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.
Dairy prices are continuing their good run in 2019.
The overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction price index rose 4.2% compared to the previous auction.
The first auction of 2019 on January 2 was up 2.8%.
Whole milk powder price was up 3% overnight to US$2,777/MT.
Key results
AMF index up 3.2%, average price US$5,294/MT
Butter index up 4.6%, average price US$4,262/MT
BMP not offered
Ched index up 4.2%, average price US$3,504/MT
LAC index up 7.9%, average price US$1,032/MT
RenCas index down 1.4%, average price US$5,047/MT
SMP index up 10.3%, average price US$2,405/MT
SWP index not available, average price not available
WMP index up 3.0%, average price US$2,777/MT
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