Rural: Dairy deregulation turning sour*

As the date falls due for deregulation of the dairy industry, there is mounting concern of the effects it will have on farmers, and growing calls for deregulation to be scrapped and replaced with a new regulation formula.Last December, the new Victorian Labor Government gave dairy farmers a vote on whether they wanted deregulation with an adjustment package or deregulation with no package.Farmers, understandably, voted for the former.That Victorian decision effectively forces the other states to…

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