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Latest Australian Update
Saputo Flags New Season Price Range
Saputo has offered an early guidance range for the 2024/25 season, flagging a weighted average opening farmgate milk price of between $7.80 to $8.00 kgMS. Saputo expects opening farmgate milk prices will be reduced to factor in ongoing global and domestic market...
Less Winter Rainfall Forecast
Unusually low rainfall for parts of southern and eastern Australia is part of the long-range outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Temperatures are expected to be above median for most of the country. Soil moisture is below average in southern parts of...
Fonterra’s Milk Intake Lifts
Fonterra’s March milk intake rose 0.7% YOY to 8.5mkg of milksolids as favourable weather boosted soil moisture and pasture growth. Season-to-date milk collections are tracking 1.2% ahead of the prior year at 83.3mkg of milksolids.
Latest Global Update
Fonterra Output Down in March
Fonterra milk collection fell 2.4% YOY in March to 134.4mkg of milksolids, with seasonal to date intake flat at 1,283.4m kg of milksolids. The fall in March output is attributed to unfavourable weather in the North Island, partially offset by good conditions in the...
US March Milk Down 1%
US milk production fell 1% YOY in March according to the USDA, reflecting a continuing decline in the dairy herd. Average yield per cow was flat YOY while cow numbers were down 1% YOY in March. At 9.335m, March cow numbers were down 7,000 head on the prior month and...
NZ March Milk Output Falls
Milk production was down 1.2% YOY on a solids basis in March, taking season-to-date production 1.1% ahead of the prior year. Milk intake fell 3.5% YOY on a volume basis with seasonal output trailing 0.2% behind the prior year comparable. The drop was just short of...
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