Government has come to the aid of 18 dairy farmers who have been severely affected by a quota cut from Pine Hill Dairy (PHD).
Through the Agricultural Development Fund, the Ministry of Agriculture has provided the farmers with $1.5 million which is expected to ease some of the pressure, at least for the meantime.
Since 2012 the dairy industry has been in a crisis, with things reaching an all-time low in September of last year when the PHD cut the farmers’ milk quotas by 25 per cent.
In a presentation at the ministry’s Graeme Hall headquarters, Acting Permanent Secretary Lennox Chandler, speaking in place of Minister of Agriculture David Estwick, said he hoped the funding would help the farmers.
Govt helping dairy farmers
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