'Madness': Dairy farmer warns of price spike
Victorian dairy farmer Steve Ronalds says there's a lot of "hope" in the government's current plans to ease the fuel crisis but "not much action".
Australia joined a forum of about 40 countries to discuss options for securing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but neither the US nor Iran were involved.
Ronalds, who operates a farm near Jindivick, said meanwhile it was costing him $1.90 in fuel to put a 2-litre bottle of milk on supermarket shelves.
Victorian dairy farmer Steve Ronalds says there's a lot of "hope" in the government's current plans to ease the fuel crisis but "not much action". Today
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"It's moving so fast, but the fuel costs that have been handed on to us have been practically doubled," he said.
"I think the farmers, we're not seeing a huge impact right now, but they're certainly coming for us like a freight train."
He said he knew of grain growers who weren't getting their crops to market because of the fuel costs.
"It's madness, we can't afford to keep doing it," he said.
He urged Australians to support local agriculture to keep farmers going through the crisis, and urged the government to make more local use of Australia's natural resources.
Watch the full interview with Ronalds in the video above
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