There’s no shortage of advice for the government and opposition on how to help the Australian dairy sector.
Almost weekly I watch with interest an essential Australian industry losing credibility through its own actions. These include degrading its power base to being not only ineffective but counterproductive; ongoing non-compliance to consumer/voter expectation that causes massive disruption to their own business and the unintentional attack on the largest and…
When Murray Goulburn managing director Gary Helou spoke at the Dairy Innovators Forum in February, he implored his customers not to blame the supermarkets for poor farmgate returns.
Julian Cribb is up there in the running to claim the title of ‘Conscience of the Nation’. For decades, he has been raising the profile of science in the national psyche through his articles in The Australian; and he has asked the hard questions about how we do what we…
A lot of passion has been displayed at Farmer Power meetings across the country.
Recently, I attended a gala function in the Jim Stynes Room at the MCG at which the Blokes Who Grew Up On Dairy Farms Team of the Century was named. It was part of The United Dairy Farmers of Victoria Presidents’ Dinner held in conjunction with the 2013 Annual Meeting…
THERE IS a groundswell of dairy farmers who want help during this period of low prices and rising costs and they have placed their faith in grassroots lobby group, Farmer Power.
There has been a plethora of media coverage on all the things that are going wrong in the dairy industry — low milk prices, rising input costs, a dwindling ageing farmer group, lack of support from industry bodies and, most famously, the cheap milk available at a couple of well-known…
Life has changed considerably since those days when weekends were king. Many towns had petrol stations on rosters usually only till 6pm.
THE potential for food producers was highlighted at the National Farmers Federation Congress in Canberra last week, with 250 delegates in attendance.