Australian dairy farmers its time to unite
Since I married my husband 10 years ago, I’ve been a dairy farmer and so a part of the Australian Dairy Industry. During that time I have seen and experienced many things - drought, flood, plagues of locusts, high and low water, fodder and milk prices and many other things. I’ve learnt a lot and seen a lot and know I’m proud to be a dairy farmer - that owning and running a dairy business is not an easy thing to do - that there are many challenges thrown our way but somehow we somehow keep going and adapting to continue to farm. However events in the last few days have seen many of us almost at the end of our tether. As a dairy farmer in Northern Victoria we are already struggling with high temporary water prices (and water is the life blood of dairying in my region), high fodder prices, little or no rainfall and a general despondency starting to happen. Then to cap all of that off, last Wednesday the company that we supply our milk to and are also shareholders ...