Looks like the Australian dairy industry is positive about working with their government on water issues.
The Australian dairy industry believes the Australian Government’s national water initiative announcement is consistent with its strong views on water utilisation in agriculture and dairy in particular. Australian Dairy Farmers (representing the nation’s dairy farmers) and industry services company Dairy Australia have jointly released a statement in which they expressed cautious optimism.
“The principles the industry applies to water use also embrace continuous improvement in the effective and efficient use of water. It would appear the government’s approach is consistent with ours. We look forward to seeing the detail of the proposal and to discuss how the dairy industry can make a further contribution to the long term sustainability of irrigation water use in Australia.
The Australian dairy industry uses almost 40 percent of the water utilised in food production across the nation and more than half of the nation’s dairy farmers irrigate all or part of their farm.