Miraka ups milk price forecast – again

Miraka ups milk price forecast – again
Miraka's plant outside Taupō. (Image: Miraka)
Riley Kennedy
Miraka has followed larger dairy processors and lifted its forecast milk price again.The Taupō-based processor is now forecasting a base milk price with a midpoint of $9.60 per kilogram of milk solids (kgMS) and a range of between $9.10/kgMS and $10.10/kgMS.Including incentives, Miraka’s overall forecast for the current season is now $9.77/kgMS.That is up from the $9.17/kgMS it increased to in October. Miraka opened the season at $8.42/kgMS.'Highly competitive'Chief executive Karl Gradon said its milk price was “highly compe...

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