Dairy industry must learn from 2016 crisis

By Terry Richardson, Adf President
January 3 2019 - 4:00am
ANGER: Some farmers have reacted angrily to a $200,000 fine meted out to Murray Goulburn's former CEO Gary Helou.
ANGER: Some farmers have reacted angrily to a $200,000 fine meted out to Murray Goulburn's former CEO Gary Helou.

When Australia’s largest dairy processor and farmer co-operative Murray Goulburn announced in April 2016 that it was slashing the farmgate milk price in an attempt to claw back $183 million it had already paid to suppliers, the dairy industry was plunged into a deep crisis.

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