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Dairy Farmers Must Unite or Perish
News Flash – from the ABC web site Dairy farmers struggle with low prices “DairySA says some dairy farmers are having to draw on their assets to get them through… Read more
Call For Consumers to Boycott National Foods Dairy Products
Greens Senator Christine Milne has called on consumers to to stop buying milk from Japanese Food Giant Kirin’s National Foods, until the company gives dairy farmers a better deal. Senator Milne… Read more
You Can’t Grow Food Without Water – Murray River Dairy Farmers in Crisis
Murray Darling Basin Dairy farmer Shane Spunner writes: ***** Whatever irrigation water that is available in the Murray River basin is that expensive that with the current milk price ,… Read more
Free Trade Is A Free ‘Kick In The Guts’ For Australia’s Food Producers
Agmates editor Steve Truman writes: . The great myth of global Free Trade is unraveling faster than Trade Minister Simon Crean and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke can say Chk- Chk… Read more
John Cobb – Australia’s Dairy Industry Needs Support Not Increased Taxes
Australia’s Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry John Cobb [pictured] writes: ***** The Australian dairy industry was facing a horrible start to the year with some of the nation’s… Read more
Aussie Dollar Crash Shields Farmers
If the Australian Dollar had not crashed from 98 cents US a couple of months ago to 65 cents US now there would be carnage in Australia’s rural sector. The… Read more
Warren Truss Can Be Proud of The Deregulated Australian Dairy Industry
Federal National Party Leader Warren Truss [pictured] was the Federal Agriculture Minister from 1999 until 2005. One of the first things Truss did in his 6 year stint as Ag… Read more
PETA Crazies Want To Milk Humans Instead Of Cows
The crazies at animal right group PETA have written to the cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., in the US. PETA is urging Ben Cohen and… Read more
Iconic Australian – Dairy Farmers sells to Japanese Brewer
THE board of NSW based co-operative Dairy Farmers has today agreed accept a $910 million offer from Japanese brewer Kirin who already own National Foods. The 108 year old Dairy… Read more
