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Fonterra mirrors global volatility with wide milk price range

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 29 May 2026, 9:16am
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Fonterra mirrors global volatility with wide milk price range

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 29 May 2026, 9:16am

It’s an uncertain future for farmers, with global events making it harder to predict the milk price.  

Fonterra's midpoint payout forecast for the current season is $9.70.  

It's slightly up for next season, at $9.75, but it's signalling that could be as low as $8 or as high as $11.  

Dairy NZ Chief Executive Campbell Parker told Mike Hosking the gap is mirroring the current volatility, with the top end of last year about $10. 

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