House debates Questions without Notice
Dairy Industry
Barnaby Joyce New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals
2:31 pm
I thank the honourable member for his question and note that dairy farming in Shepparton accounts for 22 per cent of Victoria's dairy production. It is home to 1,040 of Victoria's 4,711 dairy farms. Australia's dairy industry is a $13 billion manufacturing and export industry, and over 6,000 Australian dairy farmers produce close to 10 billion litres of milk each year. It is good to note that, after the dairy crisis and after working with the industry, prices are now starting to rise again. Fonterra's price is over $5 a kilo for milk solids—
Mr Fitzgibbon interjecting—
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