Dairy farmers supplying Norco will be paid an extra 10 cents per litre for Christmas Day milk.
"It's the fact that we're there thinking about the farmers," he said.
"We reported a loss based on the one-off events for the floods but we also reported the second highest operating profit in the history of the co-operative," he said. Tweed Valley farmer Jim Allard said it could mean a $200 boost to his milk cheque if his 90 Jersey cows delivered 2,000 litres on Christmas Day."We're all still struggling getting over all that wet and the floods, it's been a bit of a tough road and it's greatly appreciated.
"Norco's struggling, they're go to spend a lot of money too in Lismore after the floods, they've got a lot of expenses that they weren't planning on, so it's all been a battle," he said.EastAusMilk representative Peter Graham said it was great Norco was recognising the efforts of its farmers with a Christmas day bonus.Peter Graham supports Norco's bonus for Christmas Day milk.
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