Sentences with phrase «high milk prices»

High milk prices to continue In a report released last month, Frost & Sullivan said that food commodity and food ingredient prices are «definitely» set to remain at a high level for the next two to three years.
An expected increase in global dairy production is unlikely to alleviate current industry concerns over high milk prices, according to findings by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Dunkin' previously cut its outlook for the year in July, due to increased competition from fast - food rivals and the negative impact of high milk prices on Baskin - Robbins profits.
Prices: There is evidence Canadians pay the highest milk prices in the world.
Gerald Quain said that the overwhelming body of data right throughout the EU and further afield both indicated and supported a higher milk price of 33c / L and the decision of both Co-ops to pay a full cent less was profoundly disappointing and in defiance of all the market indicators.
We have a high milk price but we also have high input costs.»
For Danone, which last month unveiled plans for $ 1bn of cost cuts by 2020 to address a squeeze from higher milk prices and «volatile» economic conditions, the WhiteWave acquisition — its largest in a decade — will help it tap into consumer demands for healthier eating.
New Zealand's dairy sector debt nearly tripled over the past decade to $ 30.5 billion in 2012 and some farmers will have difficulty servicing their loans in the year ahead, despite the prospect of a higher milk price, the Ministry for Primary Industries said.
«Farmers don't want their co-op to go out and pay a high milk price that is not sustainable.
Higher milk prices along with lower feed costs and land values are proving a factor in rising demand for dairy assets.
The boost in earnings is likely to translate into higher milk price payments to WCB's dairy farmer suppliers.
«Fonterra can comfortably pursue both [higher milk prices and shareholder returns] because its milk price is rules - based and subject to oversight by a panel chaired by an independent director of Fonterra [and with a majority of its members being independent] coupled with oversight by NZ's competition regulator through a very public process,» he said.
The dairy industry will be particularly hit this year as the higher milk prices that buffered losses last year have dropped.

Not exact matches

According to recent estimates from the OECD, the artificially high agricultural prices in Canada transfer $ 3.5 billion from consumers to producers annually — nearly $ 3 billion from milk alone.
It doesn't seem like much, but a succession of such increases over the past four decades has given Canada some of the highest prices in the world for cheese, yogurt and other products made from industrial milk.
Higher butter prices are not necessarily a good thing for the margins of fluid milk processors such as Dallas - based Dean Foods.
prices for milk and other dairy products in Canada are among the highest in the world (incentives to control costs are weak when prices are indexed to costs)
The consequent improved irrigation reduced calves» death rate 75 %, increased milk production 50-fold, and allowed Nestle to pay higher prices to farmers than those set by the government.
Trade barriers: Tariffs of up to 300 per cent prevent imports of milk - based products into Canada, forcing Canadians to pay high prices for domestic and imported cheeses and other products.
«The key to the UK is that the cheese market remains solid and while the powders [prices] are high, that all tends to restrict milk going into cheese.
The increasing popularity of high - priced yoghurt in China has become a saviour for the country's biggest dairies, with revenues of the fermented dairy product set to overtake milk sales for the first time.
For example, an own price elasticity of − 0.9 for sugar sweetened drinks indicates that a 10 % increase in the price results in a 9 % lower consumption of such drinks, whereas a cross price elasticity of 0.2 between sugar sweetened drinks and milk indicates that a 10 % higher price of sugar sweetened drinks leads to milk consumption being higher by 2 %, implying that milk is a substitute for sugar sweetened drinks.
With stricter pasture rules raising costs in the organic dairy sector, higher producer prices for organic milk are likely needed to attract more dairy farmers into this sector.
Expanding milk demand, along with recent drought conditions and high organic feed grain prices, especially in California, are also playing roles in the current shortages.
The March producer milk price announcements continued the recent string of new record high prices.
Drinking milk (Class I) pricing is based on the higher of these two.
Australian Beverages Council CEO Geoff Parker said, «Milk and juice producers are also expected to be affected by falling demand, caused by higher prices at the checkout.
As of April 7, this market indicates a new record high for April of $ 23.93 per cwt for Class III milk and a lower but still excellent Class IV price of $ 23.46 per cwt.
Murray Goulburn, quite fairly to my mind, argues that this merger is all about export rather than domestic markets and that the regulator misunderstands the co-op's basic driver, which is to pay dairy farmers the highest possible milk price.
With high feed prices and lower milk prices, the next few months look financially difficult.
«Currently the milk powder prices are at a very high level which explains on the one hand why customers are willing to invest into new plants and process lines.
«The market share loss didn't come as a major surprise given competitors are offering higher farmgate milk prices,» one analyst said.
In June Murray Goulburn lifted its initial milk pricing offered to farmers after rivals offered them higher prices.
The perceived health benefits have enabled it to position itself at a higher premium than the price of regular milk.
Mr Helou said investors will receive a higher dividend when the milk price rises and a lower dividend when the milk price falls, matching their interests.
For Murray Goulburn shareholders, a quick sale would be ideal given it is battling trust issues with farmers and is yet to stabilise its milk intake as farmers continue to defect to rivals offering higher farmgate prices.
«The acquisition of the Caboolture brand forms part of our strategy to diversify our portfolio to higher - value dairy foods, with the goal of providing sustainably higher farmgate [milk] prices to MG suppliers.»
They are selling milk at the highest prices on record, up 17 % in January on the previous year.
Higher sales of milk - based beverages, yoghurt and specialty cheeses offset higher raw material prices arising from a shortage of Australian orHigher sales of milk - based beverages, yoghurt and specialty cheeses offset higher raw material prices arising from a shortage of Australian orhigher raw material prices arising from a shortage of Australian oranges.
The mission of federal milk orders is not to provide dairy producers with the highest price possible.
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) says it has found the prices achieved for Skim Milk Powder Ultra High Temperature (SMP UHT) in Trading Event 207 reflected multiple bidders» strong needs to secure higher quantities of product than were offered in the Trading...
Although the increase in US milk production has been slightly lowered for 2017, production for 2018 is forecast higher, based on stronger milk prices and moderate feed prices.
Sales for the first 6 months of 2010 declined by 9 % to LTL273.4 m (Eur79.2 m) as high raw milk prices and soft export markets -LSB-...]
Until feeding cows grass becomes more mainstream again, however, you can bet your sweet bippy that you will be paying a high price for this milk.
It pointed out that because of higher Skim Milk Powder (SMP) volume Tatura Milk increased production and SMP sales in 1H FY2016, however with depressed selling prices generating negative returns.
Improving farmgate milk prices are likely to encourage farmers to expand their dairy cattle herds over the next five years, due to the prospects of higher returns per cow.
In 2014, the price farmers received for milk reached a record high with an average of $ 23.53 per hundred pounds of milk.
Washington — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its monthly supply - demand estimates released Wednesday, predicted that milk production, cheese and milk prices would all be higher in 2018 than in 2017.
Despite demand for dairy remaining strong, particularly in China and other parts of Asia and Latin America, Fonterra said strong production in Europe and continued high levels of EU intervention and stockpiles of skim milk powder has lowered prices.
VISALIA, Calif. — The findings of a five - month long study commissioned by California Dairies, Inc. (CDI), Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA), and Land O & rsquo; Lakes, Inc. (LOL) indicate that a properly written federal milk marketing order for California would provide a regulatory structure that would potentially result in higher farm gate prices, which would benefit California dairy farm families.
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