Dairy

UFU MPI

Dairy cows on William Irvine’s farm. Picture: Cliff Donaldson

Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) milk price index (MPI): 31.95ppl (was 33.42ppl) – GDT all product index in New Zealand was down 1%, which cheddar back 10.1% to $3,955/tonne. Butter was the driver for lower prices in the Netherlands, back €220/tonne in the last fortnight.