Tasmanians are being warned of a potential milk shortage following days of severe weather across the state.
Ashgrove, one of Tasmania’s leading milk producers, says power outages caused by storms have disrupted their milk production.
“The wild weather and power disruptions have caused our factory to experience a brief interruption in milk production on Monday,” Ashgrove said in a statement.
“Supermarket shelves may be short on your favourite milk over the next few days.”
TasFarmers President Ian Sauer said the power outages have caused major issues for farmers across the state.
He says many farms are unable to milk their cows without power and backup generators have been in short supply.
“The other thing that happens is after a couple of days of the power being off, the cows realise the electric fences aren’t working, so then they’ve got access to the whole farm which creates even more difficulties,” he told The Country Hour.
Over 47,000 properties were without power at the height of the storm on Sunday night, with TasNetworks crews working around the clock since to restore services.
More than 16,000 properties remained without power, particularly across the north of the state, on Tuesday evening.
The Bureau of Meteorology says winds and rain have now eased, with a warm front to arrive later today.
A cold front is then expected to move over the state on Friday afternoon.
