Rising food prices are all over the front of the papers now. No one is mentioning cows, though. Cows eat grain. Grain is more expensive. Australian dairy prices are rising as a result. Dairy Australia reports that East Coast dairy farmers are trucking milk all the way across the Nullarbor to Western Australia. Western Australia exports 20 million litres of milk a year to Singapore and Malaysia. The cows in WA just aren’t working hard enough to meet demand.
April 15th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 14 comments | Continued Our DR Global Editions: 
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Pravin, I'm pretty certain that Unpopular was being sarcastic.
John | 10Jan09 | More -
I enjoyed that, pretty funny! Thanks!
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Dear Don, hi, I reckon that you should read these 2 books: Rich Dads prophecy- why the biggest stock market ...
christina | 10Jan09 | More -
huh?. war gets people to spend?. you are clearly oblivious to the horrendous destruction of wealth that war will bring ...
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Great reading Dan! I and I'm sure many others will be tuning in next week.
Ross | 9Jan09 | More -
Good call! Well, except for the death part, but something I didn't consider thats for sure
Pete | 9Jan09 | More -
Sounds like we need a good old fashioned war to get people spending again.
Nothing makes people stop saving like the ...
Unpopular Truth | 9Jan09 | More -
Don. I assume that you are located in Australia. Seek out a several professional opinions (many preliminary consultations are ...
Coffee Addict | 9Jan09 | More -
Is it just me, or are they going about fixing this all backwards?!
Take my situation. 12 months ago I changed ...
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Hi Pete, Marc Faber is a long term bear and is worth listening to in my opinion. Mind you like ...
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Pravin, I'm pretty certain that Unpopular was being sarcastic.
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