ACCC says $1/litre milk blame claims are dishonest: processors can pay more

Andrew Marshall
Updated September 19 2018 - 12:18pm, first published 12:03pm
Industry honesty: ACCC chairman Rod Sims believed milk factories had little incentive to pass on to their suppliers any higher price returns received from retailers.
Industry honesty: ACCC chairman Rod Sims believed milk factories had little incentive to pass on to their suppliers any higher price returns received from retailers.

The national competition watchdog says drought-stressed dairy farmers could be paid more for milk which sells for just $1 a litre in supermarkets, but their processors, not the retailers, are failing to make it happen.

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Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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