AN AUSTRALIASIAN record price of $49,000 was set for a 10-month-old Holstein at the Blue Ribbon II sale in Victoria, last month.Read more...

AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST dairy processor, Murray Goulburn, says a carbon tax will cost it millions – which will be passed back to its suppliers. Spokesman Robert Poole says the co-operative cannot significantly cut its emissions because producing long life and powdered milk is very power intensive. "A carbon tax in Australia…Read more...

US DAIRY farmers are backing a proposal to lower the national somatic cell count standard in a bid to increase access to European markets.Read more...

FARMERS ALONG flood plains north of Kerang, particularly Benjeroop and Murrabit West, will be given the opportunity to sell their properties to the state government as part of a $12 million voluntary buyback scheme.Read more...