Friday 8 April
UFU MPI: 49.08ppl (was 47.10ppl): In the three weeks since the last MPI calculation, ZuivelNL/Dutch Dairy Board has seen butter increase €730/tonne to €7350, which is an all-time high and, in the UK, butter is now trading over £6000/tonne with quotes approaching £6300/tonne, and cream is now at £2.65 to £2.75. Powders also continue to increase to record levels, with skim milk powder (SMP) up to €4240/tonne for food grade. In the UK SMP is at £3500. According to the industry supplies are tight. Whole milk powder has ticked-up to €5190 and whey is €1460/tonne.
Friday 18 March 2022
UFU MPI: 47.10ppl (up from 44.96ppl): DDB/ZuivelNL recorded its second largest rise for butter this week, rising by €420/tonne to €6620, the highest price since August 2017. There were also significant increases across other products with new record prices being reached; whole milk powder up €200/tonne to €5050, skimmed milk powder (food grade) up €140/tonne and whey powder up €30/tonne to €1400. Elsewhere GDT in New Zealand saw its dairy index slip nought-point-nine percent to $5039, only the second fall since August 2021.
Friday 4 March 2022
UFU MPI: Dairy commodity prices continue to hit new record highs. The GDT platform in New Zealand saw its all-product index this week increase by five-point-one percent to $5065 (up 19.5 percent so far in 2022). This is the highest level for the index in the history of the auction, passing the previous highest of $5042 in February 2014. WMP was up five-point-seven percent with an average price of US$4,757/tonne and cheddar up 10.9 percent at $6,394/tonne. In the last two weeks, Dutch Dairy Board/ZuivelNL saw significant increases with butter increase by €80/tonne to €6,030. WMP and SMP have reached record highs, with WMP up €150/tonne to €4750/tonne and SMP up €80/tonne to €3770/tonne.
Friday 18 February 2022
UFU MPI: 43.05ppl (42.08ppl): Dairy commodity prices continue to rise. Last two weeks Dutch markets saw WMP up €100/tonne to €4600 and SMP (food grade) up €120/tonne to €3690. In the last seven weeks, WMP up eight percent and SMP up seven percent. GDT in New Zealand all product index this week rose by dour-point-two percent to $4840, up 14 percent since 7 January and this is on the back of significant gains in the previous 12 months.
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