Aurivo chief executive Aaron Forde believes there is no big demand event ahead that will support milk price and warns “we need to be very cautious on milk price through the peak and beyond”.
He said he would be quite surprised if intervention doesn’t open again and questioned if the ceiling of 109,000t is enough in the current year.
He said the milk price to date has mainly been supported on the fat side by butter and a strong performance in cream. He said the protein side has not recovered to the same extent and is affected in the main by the large overhang of 350,000t of skim in intervention.
He added that this is not helped by a recovery in milk supply in the EU, better milk output in New Zealand and very strong milk output in the US which is affecting market sentiment. Forde was speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal on the announcement of the co-op’s financial results, which saw profits rise profits rise 25% in 2016.
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Aurivo chief executive Aaron Forde believes there is no big demand event ahead that will support milk price and warns “we need to be very cautious on milk price through the peak and beyond”.
He said he would be quite surprised if intervention doesn’t open again and questioned if the ceiling of 109,000t is enough in the current year.
He said the milk price to date has mainly been supported on the fat side by butter and a strong performance in cream. He said the protein side has not recovered to the same extent and is affected in the main by the large overhang of 350,000t of skim in intervention.
He added that this is not helped by a recovery in milk supply in the EU, better milk output in New Zealand and very strong milk output in the US which is affecting market sentiment. Forde was speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal on the announcement of the co-op’s financial results, which saw profits rise profits rise 25% in 2016.
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