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Dairy farmers are set to receive 10 cents a litre less for their milk this season as major processors tighten their belts. Fonterra Australia announced a 15-per-cent cut to its farm gate milk price, with an opening offering of $8 a kilogram for milk solids, or 60 cents a litre. Fonterra Australia managing director Rene…
It was the renegade dairy lobby group that held angry rallies in regional Victoria, marched on Melbourne and called for an end to dollar-a-litre milk. Key points:Renegade dairy group Farmer Power will disband after a decadeThe group formed angry about one dollar a litre supermarket milk prices and held Australia-wide protestsThe group has thrown its…
