Cash cow crisis: Supermarkets 'the lowest form of corporate in this country’, minister says via @ajastyles

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has lashed out at the supermarket giants after they continued to pass the buck as dairy farmers struggled to make a wage, let alone turn a profit.

WAtoday revealed last month that despite Coles and Woolworths seeing record spikes in sales – including dairy – during the pandemic lockdown, none of the money made it into WA dairy farmers’ pockets.

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud. CREDIT:ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN

One Harvey farmer said he was $2.7 million in debt after a decade of supermarket price squeezes.

WAFarmers dairy council president Michael Partridge said average farmgate prices for milk sat at 50 cents a litre, with the cost of production being the same amount.

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