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THE annual Dairy Farm Monitor report has revealed that in 2021-22 Victoria’s dairy farmers experienced the fourth best financial returns since the project began 16 years ago. Despite this, and a strong 2022/23 opening price, milk production continues to decline across the region.
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ANIMAL welfare is critically important but, after reading the Plan for Victoria’s new animal care and protection laws, I am terrified that this is a complete power grab – being pushed through quickly and quietly, before anyone has a chance to stop it. Rarely, in my opinion, have I ever seen such a blatant and over-riding plan put forward to control animal farming.