These reductions are less than November, which was down 3.5% year-on-year and 4.4% for the season-to-date (June to November 2015).
North Island milk intakes were 5.7% lower for the month of December while in the South Island milk intakes were higher by 2%. Fonterra also collected less milk from its Australian suppliers, which for December were 5% down. Australian collections have also dropped behind on a seasonal basis, down 0.3% on this time last season.
Source: Fonterra