Dairy auction prices dipped further last week with overall prices down 4.3%, while whole milk powder prices dipped sharply 8.0% . Following that Fonterra dropped its forecast payout to $7 /kilo MS which sits below the break even level for Dairy Farmers. Federated Farmers Policy and research leader Paul Melville joins Mark Leishman on Round Up to look at the implications of this latest challenge.
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