The Project has got people talking in Bendigo this morning on supporting local dairy farmers.

 

Dairy processor Fonterra has raised the price it will pay farmers for milk during May and June after widespread condemnation of the price cuts announced less than two weeks ago.

 

Farmers will now receive $4.41 per kilo for two months affecting suppliers to their Echuca plant, but many farmers have already had to decrease their stock sizes after the processor’s announcement, meaning it’s too late for many.

 

We spoke to Pam, a local dairy farmer about the struggle locally and how Central Victorian producers are being forced to pay companies money back.

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