Australian master breeder to quit dairying

The herd average yield has been reduced to save on feed costs. Photo: Chris McCullough
The herd average yield has been reduced to save on feed costs. Photo: Chris McCullough
Crippling financial pressure is forcing an Australian dairy farmer and master breeder to quit the dairy industry there and sell her farm once alternative employment can be found. It’s the end of an era for Donna Edge, the 4th generation to milk cows at her farm at Carpendeit in Victoria, who has been milking and breeding cows for almost 20 years there. The dairy industry in Australia is too afraid to count how many dairy farmers are leaving each week, but at the last official count in mid-201


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