OPENING milk prices are within 10 cents of the $10 mark after Bulla upped the supply ante a further 10 cents to $9.70.

Taking into account the processor’s new peak-to-trough (PT) calculation, an additional $0.20 per kg of milk solids across all price bands, Bulla’s farm gate range now sits at $9.30-$9.90 per kg MS.

And that’s just the latest shot in a rush to sign producers, which is good ...