22,000 dairy farms operated in Australia in 1980, while currently there are less than 6,000.
Farmer say they will struggle to break even with milk prices below the cost of production in southern Australia. (Clint Jasper)

As the fear of more dairy farms closing down builds up – the forecast for the country’s milk production also looks bleak. What does the future hold for our dairy industry?
We’re taking an in depth look at Australia’s dairy industry with Greg Macnamara, Chairman of NORCO and a Dairy Farmer, Sarah Parker, Dairy Farmer in Undera, also President of Australian Women in Agriculture along with Warwick Long, ABC Rural Reporter in Shepparton.

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October.

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