据外媒报道，澳大利亚奶农在经历了旱灾、洪水、高成本的困境后，大型乳企迈高（Murray Goulburn）宣布以低于牛奶生产成本的价格向奶农收购牛奶，将许多奶农逼向了绝境。
这导致大多数奶农负债累累，有的为了生存，被迫出售农场、牛只和机械。这促使澳竞争与消费者委员会（ACCC）对奶制品行业和迈高进行调查。
澳慈善组织“食物银行”（Foodbank）表示，今年第一次看到奶农向他们领取食物包。每年食物银行会提供1700多万份的免费食物包给澳洲各地有需要的人，而今年送到农村社区的比例增加了11％以上。
部分原文报道如下：
Mr Kantarias had hit rock-bottom. He, like many other farmers in the area, were being forced to sell their milk to Murray Goulburn for less than it cost to produce.
Some farmers didn't make it through the tough year, taking their own lives. Many others were forced to sell their farms or cattle and machinery to survive. Usually loyal Murray Goulburn suppliers shifted to rival processors.
The crisis sparked an ACCC inquiry into the dairy industry and the conduct of Murray Goulburn. Dairy company Fonterra Australia is also in strife for following Murray Goulburn's milk price cut.
原文链接：
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/milked-dry-victorian-dairy-farmer-hits-rock-bottom-amid-plummeting-milk-prices/news-story/173d4ba299f57b400f7e4070b19bb62f
日期：2016-12-20
