Editorial: Morale booster
OPINION: The first three Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions have been a morale booster for farmers.
Dairy prices have fallen for the third successive Global Dairy Trade auction.
The GDT price index was down 3.5% in the overnight auction, the largest fall in the last three auctions.
The flagship whole milk powder price was down 5.5% to US$2852/MT, compared to the previous auction.
Butter price also came down from its record high, dropping 3.6%.
Key Results
AMF index up 0.5%, average price US$6,894/MT
Butter index down 3.6%, average price US$5,516/MT
BMP index up 7.2%, average price US$1,931/MT
Ched index down 2.8%, average price US$4,001/MT
LAC index not available, average price not available
RenCas index down 4.0%, average price US$5,465/MT
SMP index up 1.2%, average price US$1,818/MT
WMP index down 5.5%, average price US$2,852/MT
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State farmer Landcorp, trading as Pamu, is a forecasting a full-year net profit of around $100 million.
Tony Aitken, chief executive of Ruralco, has been awarded the Excellence in Business Leadership Award at the ANZ Business of the Year Awards.
Global trade has been thrown into another bout of uncertainty following the overnight ruling by US Supreme Court, striking down President Donald Trump's decision to impose additional tariffs on trading partners.
Controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill have been lifted.
Fonterra farmer shareholders and unit holders are in line for another payment in April.