China Laps Up New Zealand's Milk Export Boom

Milk Run (2014): New Zealand's dairy industry is booming, fuelled by an international demand for pure Kiwi milk. But as the country's milk moguls become millionaires, there are growing concerns that the industry is turning sour. For similar stories, see: The Collapse of Italian Dairy Giant Parmalat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKYWhOeYv3w Temple Grandin is Revolutionising the Way We Treat Livestock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW4sT0ySSgw Oh My Godwit - The Longest Bird Migration in the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRPZYjsMUZ0 Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/6312/milk-run Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures "The demand has been insatiable out of China", explains dairy farmer Trevor, who built a 140-million-dollar farm empire from the ground up. New Zealand produces 19 million tonnes of milk a year, 95% of which is exported. Yet global prices for milk have dropped more than 40% this year and more cows means more waste and chemicals polluting the country's water sources. As Australia signs a Free Trade Agreement with China, what can they learn from their neighbour's faltering white gold rush? SBS Australia – Ref. 6312 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.