Fonterra: growing demand for organic milk

Following Fonterra’s recent announcement that it plans to introduce a market-linked organic milk price for its organic milk farmers, the Co-operative has forecast an opening market-linked organic milk price of $9.20 (€5.50) per kg milk solids for the 2016/17 season. Paul Grave, Head of Co-operative Affairs, Waikato, says while the opening forecast organic milk price is a big step up from the $5.65 (€3.38) per kgMS payment organic farmers currently receive (the organic fixed premium on top