A 7.5 percent drop in dairy prices, particularly butter, dragged down overall commodity prices, while other sectors like aluminium and forestry saw notable price increases due to supply disruptions and cost factors.
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How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 8 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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We've talked about the milk volume for the season just finished, up about four percent. We're staring down the barrel, and I don't want to be the harbinger of get the word right, uh, of doom on this one. But we're staring down the barrel, it would appear, of a super al Nino, which is going to mean uh dry conditions for a good portion of the country, albeit those portions of the country do have irrigation. But uh you probably never catch up on what Mother Nature doesn't always deliver. Are you predicting perhaps a drop in milk volume this year off the back of Al Nino? Or will irrigation fill in the missing pieces?
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highlighted as a key risk due to weather, prices, and market shocks
Safeguarding the farm for future generationsbalanced by supply and premium markets
The Country 03/06/26: Matt Bolger talks to Jamie MackaySocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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