Viral video maker with a plan for dairy

Marian Macdonald
Updated September 25 2019 - 1:56pm, first published September 20 2019 - 1:00am
COMMUNICATOR: Phil Ryan has made several viral Facebook videos to bring the dairy industry's plight closer to policy makers and consumers but he's certainly far from finished.
COMMUNICATOR: Phil Ryan has made several viral Facebook videos to bring the dairy industry's plight closer to policy makers and consumers but he's certainly far from finished.

Plenty - but not enough - has changed for a drought-stricken farmer caught in the teeth of the dairy crisis since a viral Facebook video catapulted him onto the national stage in the lead-up to the federal election.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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