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EDITION 219

  • Which wins in the epic battle of supply and demand?
  • Could China’s historical jump in milk production be coming to an end?
  • That jump in high protein whey pricing is export driven, NOT domestic
  • El Nino, we’ve been warned about you, but you haven’t turned up….yet!
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EDITION 218

  • Cheddar – looking softer than a French brie right now
  • Middle East – your buying is appreciated
  • ANZACs are normally side by side, not so much right now on milk
  • Battle for the “next China”
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EDITION 217

  • Milk is retreating in some pretty important places, but Australia is finally up!! (albeit a little bit)
  • We know NZ WMP shipments to China is down, but will zero duty entice a rebound?
  • US cows produce a lot more with less, is that a “sustainability” story?
  • While we’re in the US it looks like cows are migrating inland!!
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EDITION 216

  • ANUGA – that’s a wrap and this is what we learnt
  • High protein whey complex is back!!
  • NZ Spring has sprung, milk is up and down depending on who you are
  • Aussie milk could we be seeing the end of the falls?
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EDITION 215

  • gDT – “Once is luck, twice is coincidence and three times is a pattern”
  • Cheddar vs WMP Round 2
  • CME Butter – Rocket Man
  • US Gov Shutdown On Hold
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EDITION 214

  • Powders powering gDT results
  • US Milk production….Cowboy country is drying up
  • It’s official, El Nino strikes back
  • Cheddar vs WMP milk optimisation
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EDITION 213

  • An unexpected strong WMP result on gDT Last night – Bull #1
  • But China remained relatively quiet – Bear #1
  • US prices, especially on the cheese front, remain high and supply seemingly tight – Bull #2
  • European milk is still growing and European demand looks to be on the weak side – Bear #2

 

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EDITION 212

  • Chinese WMP demand is disappearing at a critical time of year
  • What has helped the China milk boom? Cows from NZ and Australia!!
  • US West Coast port issues, now compounded by Panama canal
  • US cheese pricing, press replay for export uptake… or lack thereof
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EDITION 211

  • gDT WMP takes it on the chin
  • The seesaw action of the US cheese market continues
  • Green shoots in China?
  • Macro impacts on Dairy
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EDITION 210

  • Plant-based dairy/meat, the interest balloon seems to be deflating
  • US & NZ cheese prices wave at each other as they pass on the pricing curve

  • Like the state of international rugby, NZ price forecast is opening up a big competitive chasm between Australia and New Zealand

  • gDT was down again but not as much as predicted but still no thanks to China buying

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EDITION 209

  • The Slope of Hope, CME Cheese futures continues the faith game
  • gDT – well that was interesting, let’s have a closer look

  • June is done, Aussie dairy industry breathes a sigh of relief… but…

  • Milk finally grows in Australia, could we see the trend continue?

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EDITION 208

  • We’re seeing just how much money shipping companies made across the pandemic, it’s sickening
  • West Coast USA port issues – “We’re Back”!! (said in that scary Poltergeist voice)

  • We’re still in the USA and April exports were way down after being way up…which way now?

  • Silly season update, reporting live from Down Under

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EDITION 207

  • Silly season comes to Australian dairy industry 6 months early
  • China China China – so much to discuss

  • Trouble a foot in the middle east? Yes, pun intended

  • Ghosts of Food Box past in the USA (the Christmas references continue)

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EDITION 206

  • China has a birth rate problem – President Xi decrees time to procreate
  • Meanwhile, California has a snowpack problem adding to a water problem

  • USA needs exports more than it knows

  • “Super” El Nino on the way? More than another new awesome weather word

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EDITION 205

  • ADPI wrap up. What did we learn?
  • West Coast USA port negotiations drag on. It’s all about the theory of relativity

  • Surely we can’t flip from La Nina to El Nino….

  • Chinese milk supply….What is going on behind the wall?

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EDITION 204

  • 18,000 dairy cows lost in a farm fire in TX…. Yes, you read that right 18,000!!!!
  • CA dairy region now under water

  • gDT bounces back – SMP shows signs of life

  • Oceania processors face the mother of all catch 22’s

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EDITION 203

  • gDT – China is BACK! But where was everyone else? – Discuss
  • Australian dairy farmers may have cause for pause if considering a beef transition

  • Looks like we’re back in the 1800s US wild west, train heists are a thing

  • Race is on to stop cows far… no let me rephrase, stop cows’ flatulence

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EDITION 202

  • No one will be surprised to hear that Chinese imports are down to begin ’23 but the scale is eye opening
  • That thump you heard last night was gDT cheese falling out of bed

  • Spring has Sprung in the northern hemisphere, milk is plentiful in Europe and the US

  • Environmental pressures are a growing reality in our industry and will help frame the future over the next 5 years

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EDITION 201

  • European milk expected to decline in 2H of 2023 but there is still a spring flush to deal with first
  • Shipping lines continue to hold on to blank sailings as a nice little demand enhancer

  • Market is looking for a direction, what day is it?

  • Whey proteins have experienced one of the sharpest price corrections ever, where to from here?

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EDITION 200

  • Infant formula world – it’s tough out there
  • NZ smashed again – could be a very early finish for the North Island

  • What happens to alternate proteins when money starts to cost money?

  • Australia’s milk is down 7% YoY. Imagine if it was dry and we didn’t have the highest milk price on record!

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