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Murray Goulburn and Fonterra are playing chicken with dairy farmers

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imageDairy giants Murray Goulburn and Fonterra competed in a race to the bottom.cskk/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Dairy giants Murray Goulburn and Fonterra played a dangerous game of chicken by hanging onto high milk prices despite the global dairy market volatility. Even though both cooperatives are shifting responsibility to each other for the fall in milk...

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