Surging supermarket prices tell the story of why a wide range of dairy industry workers have mounted coordinated strike action this week. So where are these dairy profits going?
While the reasons might not be obvious to shoppers, supermarket aisles tell the story of why dairy industry workers who drive milk tankers or wrap cheese on factory floors have mounted coordinated strike action this week.
In 2022–23 there are 36 per cent fewer bovine dairy licences — the licence needed to be a dairy farmer in Victoria — than a decade ago.As dairy farmers left in droves, milk companies struggled to get enough Australian milk to supply butter, cream, milk, cheese, yoghurt, ice-cream and more to supermarket shelves.
As a rough comparison, farmers have gone from getting 36 cents per litre to more than 70 cents per litre of milk. It's a stressful week for Victoria's dairy farmers, who feel like they are caught in the middle of a fight between large multinational milk processors and powerful unions.
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