Alan Tooth, the MD of New South Wales-based co-operative Dairy Farmers, has announced his plans to retire from his role next year, prompting market speculation of an early major merger in the Australian milk processing industry.

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Tooth has been at Dairy Farmers for 12 years, during which time he has more than trebled the group’s revenues and expanded its operations into Queensland and South Australia.

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