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Karl Dean: National Dairy Chair says low wheat prices are driving farmers to switch to dairy
Repeatedly low wheat prices are driving more farmers to turn to dairy.
The Canterbury Regional Council says up to 25-thousand more dairy cows could be added to the region this year - with 32 new farms given the green light.
Federated Farmers' confidence survey in July found 81 percent of dairy farmers surveyed were making a profit, compared to just 40 percent of arable.
National Dairy Chair Karl Dean told Mike Hosking that dairy has a more consistent cash flow.
He says arable farmers are the ones with the land to convert.
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