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Milked-dry: government meddling is the problem for milk industry, not the solution : Comments
By Johnny Kahlbetzer, published 26/5/2016The price of temporary water, on a market increasingly controlled by governments, has increased from $30 per megalitres to almost $300 per megalitres as a direct result of the water buybacks.
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There is no basis for government subsidising anything, let alone unhealthy products.
If government wishes to help dairy farmers, then it should allow them to sell unpasteurised milk, which despite the drawbacks and risks is at least nutritional, in more demand and could fetch the farmers premium prices.