'We can only go on so long': Buffalo dairy farmer dumps milk, fears for industry's future

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Every three days this buffalo dairy farmer says 'it's devastating' as he dumps thousands of litres of quality milk.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.A buffalo dairy farmer in Far North Queensland is dumping thousands of litres of quality creamy milk as his industry fights for survival.Cheesemakers are also suffering from restaurant closuresOrders from restaurants, cafes and cheesemakers have all but dried up since strict measures were introduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19 — and the premium market for buffalo meat has also been evaporating.

Every three days Mr Humphries opens the valves on his vat and pours milk through his paddocks into an effluent trap at Millaa Millaa, because his cows still need to be milked and, legally, raw milk cannot be given away.He has called on consumers to help by seeking out Australian-made buffalo cheese and meat at supermarkets."I actually had orders on the road and my processors rang me up and said, 'Don't send them or turn them back'.

"We can only go on so long pouring milk out and having zero income — with all the costs associated with feeding the animals and running the dairy."

 

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Try making Cheese Mozzarella, then sell it.

I didn't even know this was a thing. I will try getting some buffalo milk and meat this weekend. Yummy

How many pandemics have come from vegetables?

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This is a demonstration of the absolute ridulousness of this stupid capitalist system.

I'm sorry for the individual farmers but animal agriculture is an environmental, health, animal cruelty & disease nightmare. We need to rethink the whole industry

I’ll take some!

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