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Fonterra has announced a best-guess payout forecast of $5.25/kgMS for 2015-16. The bigger surprise was the final payout for 2014-15 of $4.40/kgMS, down another 10 cents. 

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 10 June 2015 09:06

Synlait sets $5.50 forecast

Synlait Milk has set a forecast milk price for the upcoming 2015/2016 dairy season of $5.50/kgMS, saying they have confidence that commodity prices will recover.

Published in General News
Thursday, 28 May 2015 09:12

A season to forget

The 2014-15 season will be a season to forget for Fonterra farmers.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 27 May 2015 12:09

Westland lifts its prediction for 2015-16

Westland Milk Products has confirmed its payout for the 2014-15 season will remain unchanged at $4.90 - $5.10/kgMS but its prediction for the 2015-16 is more positive.

Published in General News

Farmers should expect “something around $5.00/kgMS” when Fonterra this week announces its opening forecast for the new season.

Published in General News
Saturday, 16 May 2015 15:45

Pressing on through tight times on farm

How low will you go? How long will you stay there? Those are the questions Dairy NZ is asking at the latest round of ‘Tactics for Tight Times’ workshops around the country.

Published in Management
Tuesday, 24 February 2015 14:37

Prices back on track

All eye are on Fonterra this week to see if it lifts its $4.70/kgMS forecast after the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Index price last week surged 10.1%.

Published in General News
Thursday, 12 February 2015 14:17

Half-year performance better than expected for LIC

LIC has recorded a solid performance in the first half of the financial year. In the six months to 30 November 2014, the co-op achieved revenue of $159 million, 17.7% higher than the same period last year.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 03 February 2015 16:28

The prospects for 2015 and a bit beyond

The first step to successful wine making is managing the crop to an appropriate yield and fruit composition. This requires an understanding of the factors determining the various components of yield (number of shoots per hectare, the number of bunches per shoot and berries per bunch and the size of those berries).

Published in General News
Monday, 02 February 2015 10:31

Synlait revises Milk price forecast

Synlait Milk has revised its forecast of the market milk price for the FY2015 season down from $5/kgMS to $4.40/kgMS; along with a corresponding decrease in advance rates to farmers.

Published in General News
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