Editorial: Punching Above Our Weight
OPINION: With 10,500 dairy farms, New Zealand continues to punch above its weight around the world.
After eleven consecutive rises, the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index dropped in the overnight auction.
The GDT price index dropped 1.2% over the previous auction to US$3414/metric tonne; the last drop was in November 2018.
Whole milk powder price index was also down 2.1% to US$3180/MT.
Butter also suffered a 3.2% swing, with the average price at US$5297/MT.
Key results
AMF index down 1.4%, average price US$6,140/MT
Butter index down 3.2%, average price US$5,297/MT
BMP not offered
Ched index up 15.2%, average price US$4,851/MT
LAC index up 0.6%, average price US$893/MT
RenCas index up 5.1%, average price US$6,916/MT
SMP index up 0.5%, average price US$2,529/MT
SWP index not available, average price not available
WMP index down 2.1%, average price US$3,180/MT
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West Otago dairy farmer Luke Kane has been awarded the 2026 Rabobank Dr John Morris Business Development Prize.
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A Palmerston North shearer has been sentenced to six months' community detention and 12 months' supervision after being found to have physically abused three lambs while shearing them.