LivestockThe Milk from Family Dairies Act would set minimum prices by herd size and cap production; the National Milk Producers Federation says supply controls would raise grocery costs.
LivestockRising consumer demand for dairy protein has erased Canada's structural butterfat surplus within five years, prompting changes to milk pricing, a Canadian Dairy Commission director said.
At the Royal Show, farmers Tom Turner and Andrew Morphew said producers must keep expanding to survive while milk buys ever less diesel, and only the top fifth of one study group beat bank returns.
LivestockThe Waikato cooperative's 100 shareholder farms get a record payout after earnings of $13.93/kgMS, ahead of Fonterra's and Synlait's base milk prices of $9.69.
LivestockThe Dairy Margin Coverage margin fell 95 cents to $9.93 per hundredweight in July and is projected below the $9.50 payment trigger from September to December as feed costs head toward $12.
LivestockArla and Muller have raised farmgate prices again while First Milk and Barbers hold, as autumn grass and calving lift British milk output and a European surplus weighs on markets.
LivestockNFU Scotland told Müller's leaders that about 28p a litre before transport leaves suppliers unable to cover costs, and that a September rise must be only the start.
AgribusinessThe New Zealand dairy processor returned to a small profit in the second half as its plants stabilised, cut net debt to $215m and paid farmers a total average of $10.07/kg MS for 2025-26.
LivestockA CoBank Knowledge Exchange report finds herds in the top 10% for milk components earn $101 to $352 more per cow a year at average US production.
LivestockThe co-operative reports NZ$3.4bn operating profit and expects collections just above 1.6 billion kg of milk solids, while its chair says the El Niño's severity is unknown.
LivestockA Land O'Lakes adviser expects Dairy Margin Coverage payouts from September to November as feed costs squeeze milk margins, and urges farmers to layer protection tools on known breakevens.
Market ManagementFonterra has raised and narrowed its 2026/27 farmgate forecast to $8-10.50 per kilogram of milk solids on firmer GDT prices for whole and skim milk powder, and expects full-year earnings at the top of its 60-70 cents-a-share range when it reports on 24 September; Synlait, reporting on 28 September,
With 19 of every 20 litres of Irish milk leaving the island, Dairy Industry Ireland director Conor Mulvihill says the country pays the world price and must think of itself as a nutrition industry, while a survey shows one in three farmers plans to quit within five years.
