Aumento no preço do leite assusta consumidores

O preço do leite recebido pelo produtor (sem frete e impostos) teve alta de 4,4% em maio, passando para R$ 0,93/litro na “média Brasil”, que pondera o preço pelo volume captado nos estados de BA, GO, MG, PR, RS, SC e SP, segundo pesquisas do Cepea (Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada), da Esalq/USP.

New Zealand cuts interest rates as dairy boom sours

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The collapse in oil prices has caused strains in the Gulf. Now New Zealand — sometimes known as the Saudi Arabia of milk — has been forced into its first interest rate cut in five years as the decade-long dairy boom curdles.