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EVERY SEPTEMBER the 87 shareholders of Waikato dairy processor Tatua receive a call from one of their six farmer-elected directors.

THE FUTURE profitability of dairy farming in the wake of falling international prices for dairy products is likely to be a hot topic when DairyNZ goes to Timaru next week for its annual meeting.

THE FUTURE profitability of dairy farming in the wake of falling international prices for dairy products is likely to be a hot topic when DairyNZ goes to Timaru next week for its annual meeting.

THE ASB has held its milk price forecast at $5.80kg/MS for the 2014/15 season after a mixed bag in the overnight GDT auction.

THE LATEST decline in the benchmark GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) online auction continues a trend expected by Federated Farmers.

FONTERRA HAS reduced its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2014/15 season from $7 to $6/kgMS and announced an estimated dividend range of 20-25 cents per share

RABOBANK is predicting global dairy price will recover in six months.

THE COMMERCE Commission has released a paper outlining the proposed process and timeline for a review of Fonterra's base milk price calculation for the 2013/14 dairy season.

SYNLAIT HAS reduced its forecast net profit after tax by about $7.5 million in this financial year.

FONTERRA FARMERS will be offered two opportunities to lock in the price paid for a percentage of their milk in the 2014/15 season.