The worsening crisis in the dairy industry is symptomatic of a deeper malaise afflicting Australia’s farming community.
In mid-January, over 600 people attended a dairy crisis meeting in the Kolora-Noorat Football Club rooms in south-west Victoria. The meeting demanded a fairer farm-gate price for milk, because the big supermarket chains’ milk price war is driving many farmers out of business.
According to the Weekly Times (January 16, 2013), the protest meeting was informe…
