The latest increase reflects the continued upward movement
in global dairy prices in recent times.
Glanbia is revising its 2010 earnings per share guidance upwards as figures from the dairy ingredients business improve with the recovery
in global dairy prices.
Last August Theo Spierings, the chief executive of the world's biggest dairy exporter, Fonterra, said the Australian farm gate price did not reflect the collapse
in global dairy prices, which have more than halved in the past two years.
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.
If Murray Goulburn cuts the farm gate
price, other milk processors are expected to follow, given the co-operative's position as a
price setter
in the market and recent comments from its competitors that this season's
price did not reflect
global dairy conditions.
The
prices have also been pushed northwards by a 3 per cent dip
in New Zealand
dairy production, which accounts for 23 per cent of the
global cheese exports.
A
price recovery
in the struggling
dairy industry may still be a year away according to the giant
global agricultural lender Rabobank.
In the past 12 months, the
price of
global dairy commodities has tumbled 45 per cent, compared with Murray Goulburn's cut to the farm gate
price of as much as 15 per cent.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings said the Australian farm gate
price did not reflect the
global dairy rout and called for an «honest debate about what is being earned
in the market».
Global dairy prices have risen nearly 17 %
in four weeks, an encouraging sign for a sector beleaguered globally by low
prices and growing stockpiles of cheese and milk powder.
He noted that
dairy cooperatives
in Ireland are responding more positively to events on
global markets, adding that
prices are also rising sharply
in Great Britain — and said that some processors
in Northern Ireland are buying milk cheaply from local farmers and selling it on a booming spot market for up to 35 pence (43 cents) a liter.
«It is still early
in the season, and we expect continuing volatility as reflected
in price improvements
in recent
Global Dairy Trade auctions.
Chairman John Wilson said the farmgate milk
price forecast has been reduced due to the continued significant imbalance
in the
global dairy market between weak demand and surplus supply.
Some pressure is still expected to build on
global commodity
prices in this year's second quarter,
in line with the northern hemisphere milk peak, Rabobank's latest
dairy quarterly says.
Where the
price for
dairy products on the
global market has gone up by 80 per cent
in the past few years, farm returns have risen only 15 per cent.
It is essential that co-ops would at all times put
Global Dairy Trade results, both positive and negative,
in proper perspective, including when they decide on February milk
prices, IFA
Dairy Chairman, Sean O'Leary has said.
As a result,
global dairy prices have rocketed upwards, increasing by over 45 %
in the second half of 2016.
Australian
dairy farmers are battling to survive an industry - wide crisis, after processors dramatically cut milk
prices in response to a
global oversupply of milk.
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 push into more branded consumer products comes after the
price of
global dairy commodities has more than halved
in the past two years.
The company said it represented strong performance
in the context of low
global dairy commodity
prices, significant increase
in global dairy production and continuing sanctions
in Russia affecting
global supply and demand.
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.
The weakening dollar is offsetting declines
in global grain
prices on the back of a strong international crop and is a tailwind for Victoria's
dairy farmers.
Northland Rural Support Trust co-ordinator Julie Jonker said the recent fall
in global dairy milk
prices came on the back of decent payouts
in the last couple of years.
Fonterra, which accounts for 20 per cent of total
global dairy trade and is the second - largest milk processor
in Australia, estimates the
price gap between powders and other products has had a negative $ NZ800 million ($ 725.5 million) impact.
Federated Farmers Northland
dairy chairman Ashley Cullen said the latest forecast
price was not surprising given that
global dairy prices have been on a downward trend
in the last two months.
The
Global Dairy Trade (GDT)
Price Index declined by 3.1 % today - the first fall in the average price on the platform since the beginning of Au
Price Index declined by 3.1 % today - the first fall
in the average
price on the platform since the beginning of Au
price on the platform since the beginning of August.
Despite this
global drop
in prices, Bord Bia added that the Irish
dairy sector «performed strongly» during 2012.
Following a
price crisis for world
dairy farmers earlier
in the decade,
global prices for milk and other
dairy products look set to grow strongly during 2017.
«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.
Commodity
prices on the
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) platform rose 9.9 % yesterday - the fourth increase
in a row.
Dairy commodity
prices fell 7.9 % at the latest
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction - the third decrease
in average
prices on the platform
in a row.
Fonterra has dismissed calls for the
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) online auction platform to be suspended after a tenth consecutive fall
in prices.
Currently Germany is more
price competitive although the difference between the countries has narrowed significantly since the sharp
global fall
in dairy prices last year.
To help our
global dairy food manufacturing customers remain competitive
in the face of these
price pressures, we've developed Vitex AYS,» he said.
Dairy product
prices bumped higher again at the latest
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction
in the wake of cyclones Cook and Debbie.
Fonterra has reported a drop
in net profit for the 2012 season and cut its final payout to farmers - citing the negative effect of record breaking milk production on
global dairy prices.
However, Bord Bia said prospects for Irish
dairy exports
in 2017 look positive: Recovering
global dairy prices and increased demand from key
global dairy importers and anticipated stronger oil
prices should help exports.
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.
The
global dairy market will offer strong growth prospects
in the coming five years, but the uneven spread of this market expansion and an era of elevated
pricing will create as many challenges as opportunities for key players along the
dairy supply chain.
Global dairy prices leapt up
in January rising more than any other group of food commodities
in the monthly Food
Price Index, published by the UN food agency.
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).
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.
Global dairy prices could dip
in the coming months as Chinese and Russian demand falls but any downward movement is likely to be limited, according to Rabobank.
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 the first half last year, a period in which Irish ingredients recorded a loss, global dairy product prices were under severe downward pressur
In the first half last year, a period
in which Irish ingredients recorded a loss, global dairy product prices were under severe downward pressur
in which Irish ingredients recorded a loss,
global dairy product
prices were under severe downward pressure.
In a note to investors, Davy stockbrokers: «There really should be no great surprise in this news given the yoyo jump which has occurred in global dairy product price
In a note to investors, Davy stockbrokers: «There really should be no great surprise
in this news given the yoyo jump which has occurred in global dairy product price
in this news given the yoyo jump which has occurred
in global dairy product price
in global dairy product
prices.
In July, butter hit $ US6004 a tonne ($ 7545) at the Global Dairy Trade auction — the highest price since auctions began in 200
In July, butter hit $ US6004 a tonne ($ 7545) at the
Global Dairy Trade auction — the highest
price since auctions began
in 200
in 2008.
Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's biggest
dairy exporter, raised its forecast milk payout for the second time
in a month, responding to signs a three - year
global price slump is coming to an end.