Dairy farmers in WA will get an additional 7.5 cents for a litre of milk, just six months after getting a 5 cent increase, with retail customers to bear the costs.

Brownes Dairy CEO Natalie Sarich-Dayton says the move recognises farmers are doing it tough, with WA milk production in decline.

“How the retailer converts that onto the shelf, we don’t influence that,” Sarich-Dayton told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings about the price hikes.

“We’re not just seeing increases in the milk price, but also freight price increases and all over the place, and just like all businesses we need to look at how we recover that from market to ensure we keep a sustainable dairy industry in WA.

“WA continues to decline in milk production in excess of over 8 per cent in April, versus the average national decline of 6.6% … and that is definitely not sustainable for our business.

“Brownes is the only producer that sources 100 per cent of its milk from WA farmers.”

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