date:Jun 15, 2012
This is despite the fact that Coles has contractual arrangementsto buy its homebrand milk from Malanda in the Atherton Tablelands in northern Queensland.
At the forum, Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation (QDO) President Brian Tessmann shared results from a QDO survey of dairyfarmers across Queensland, conducted in May 2012. The survey showed that farm confidence had dropped dramatically due to the milk war, which had led to cuts in farm gate prices.
With these cuts many farmers in Queensland