As supply increases from producers in the Southern hemisphere and demand growth slows the currently
high global dairy prices are expected to ease somewhat, according to market analysts.
Not exact matches
Global dairy prices may have recovered over the past year but that does not mean that
dairy producers and processors in the UK are creaming off
high profits.
But the New Zealand
dairy giant's chief executive Theo Spierings, said this was too
high and did not reflect a collapse of
global prices for key
dairy commodities.
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...
The impact of the slide in
dairy prices at the latest
global dairy auction could have been worse if the value of the New Zealand dollar was
higher, Federated Farmers says.
«We have lifted profitability from last season to this season, resulting in
higher earnings per share to help offset low
global dairy prices.»
Slowing economic growth in New Zealand's top export market, China, and a
global oversupply of milk products have seen
dairy prices plummet after reaching record
highs in 2013.
Dairy product
prices bumped
higher again at the latest
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction in the wake of cyclones Cook and Debbie.
The majority of internationally traded commodity
dairy products traded in the latest Fonterra Global Dairy Trade auction event sold for higher prices, arresting a series of price slides dating back to Decemb
dairy products traded in the latest Fonterra
Global Dairy Trade auction event sold for higher prices, arresting a series of price slides dating back to Decemb
Dairy Trade auction event sold for
higher prices, arresting a series of
price slides dating back to December 6.
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).
China's appetite for
dairy imports is growing again and US consumers are eating more butter and cheese, but recent improvements in
global prices are set to be swamped by an even
higher tide of milk production from Europe.
In July, butter hit $ US6004 a tonne ($ 7545) at the
Global Dairy Trade auction — the
highest price since auctions began in 2008.
The
dairy industry is emerging from drought into better
global prices, but faces ongoing
high costs and trouble finding workers.
The report said the
global dairy market had already been well on its way to a correction in 2014 - from previous record -
high prices.