20 Jun 2018

Dairy price slips in global auction

6:58 am on 20 June 2018

Dairy prices have fallen in the latest global auction.

FOR WATER TAX story - Generic cow

Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

The average price was down by 1.2 percent to $US3481 a tonne.

There was a similar fall in the previous fortnightly auction.

The price of whole milk powder, a key factor in setting returns to local farmers, fell by 1 percent to $US3189 a tonne.

The volumes sold were about the same as at the previous auction.