Displaying items by tag: milk price

Farmgate milk price forecasts by at least two banks, ASB and BNZ, have now been hiked upwards to $5/kgMS for the 2015-16 season.

Fonterra has lifted its 2015-16 forecast payout by 75 cents to $5.00 to $5.10/kgMS.

The farmgate milk price increases to $4.60 and the dividend payment remains at 40 to 50c/share.

New Zealand's second largest dairy company is reporting increased activity from the market following the August 19 GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.

Who would work for three months without pay? And who would keep getting up at 5am every day to milk cows despite knowing there will be no milk cheque arriving this month?

Waikato milk processor Tatua will pay its shareholders $6.50-$7/kgMS for milk supplied last season.

Despite some spring health issues and the falling milk price, Webster Farms, the Hauraki Plains P3 Focus Farm, increased production by 10,617kgMS in its first year as a focus farm.

The UK dairy industry is in turmoil with milk price below the cost of production. The National Farmers Union says 450 English and Welsh farmers have quit in the past 12 months.

Despite milk price volatility most Australian dairy farmers enjoyed a good 2014-15 season.

To compare the retail prices of Coke and milk and say the Coke was more affordable than milk is misleading.

NZ First deserves a pat on the back for defending farmers against the furore over high milk prices.