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Milk companies adapt to demand

Independent specialty fresh milk processor, Riverina Fresh, has introduced production changes to keep up with changing demand for its products due to the coronavirus threat. The company has experienced a reduction in demand from its central city...

Geoff Adams
News

Communities rally to bushfire recovery

GRASSROOTS RECOVERY has outstripped official government responses during and after the bushfires that hit East Gippsland. While roads were closed for some weeks because of the danger from bushfires and falling trees, halting commerce, it also...

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Management

Shane’s industry passion is unwavering

Queensland dairy farmer Shane Bourke is hoping there is a future for his state’s dairy industry. He is only one of 10 dairy farmers left in the Warwick area. He has watched farmer after farmer leave the industry as drought and high costs have...

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Westvic postpones all events

WestVic Dairy has postponed all upcoming events for at least the next fortnight and will continue to review this over time. This postponement includes all workshops and field days, as well as the Great South West Dairy Awards Gala evening, which was...

Geoff Adams
Dairy

December and January milk production steadies national decline

Australia’s milk volumes in both December and January exceeded expectations, with December seeing the first year-on-year increase in milk production in 18 months, but Dairy Australia is still expecting a drop of between three and five per cent.

Rodney Woods
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Cancellations due to virus

There has been a round of cancellation of dairy events due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. The TasDairy state conference due to be held at Devonport on Thursday has been cancelled. “Given the impact of travel restrictions on guest speakers and...

Geoff Adams
News

GA conference postponed due to virus

Genetics Australia has been forced to postpone a forum planned as part of its GA2020 conference because of the coronavirus, but a farm tour will continue as planned. The GA2020 conference forum was due to be held on Wednesday March 18 at Tabcorp...

Geoff Adams
Animal Health

On-farm milk culturing a growing

MOST MASTITIS is caused by a bacterial infection. However, visual inspection of the milk is not a reliable method for determining which pathogen you might be dealing with. Traditionally, milk samples from infected quarters or a composite sample from...

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Dairy

December and January milk production steadies national decline

Australia’s milk volumes in both December and January exceeded expectations, with December seeing the first year-on-year increase in milk production in 18 months, but Dairy Australia is still expecting a drop of between three and five per cent.

Rodney Woods
Dairy News

Cancellations due to virus

There has been a round of cancellation of dairy events due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. The TasDairy state conference due to be held at Devonport on Thursday has been cancelled. “Given the impact of travel restrictions on guest speakers and...

Geoff Adams
News

GA conference postponed due to virus

Genetics Australia has been forced to postpone a forum planned as part of its GA2020 conference because of the coronavirus, but a farm tour will continue as planned. The GA2020 conference forum was due to be held on Wednesday March 18 at Tabcorp...

Geoff Adams
Animal Health

On-farm milk culturing a growing

MOST MASTITIS is caused by a bacterial infection. However, visual inspection of the milk is not a reliable method for determining which pathogen you might be dealing with. Traditionally, milk samples from infected quarters or a composite sample from...

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Preparation key to optimal pastures

WITH HOME-GROWN feed more important than ever Notman Pasture Seeds has prepared a range of pasture planning recommendations to optimise the establishment of rye-grass pastures this season. Notman Pasture Seeds and Walcha Dairy owner Peter Notman...

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Pasture recovery after fires

ONE OF the early tasks for farmers returning to their property after fires will be to evaluate the viability of pastures and grasses. Agriculture Victoria livestock extension officer Fiona Baker said most open plains grass paddocks that had short or...

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Management

Shane’s industry passion is unwavering

Queensland dairy farmer Shane Bourke is hoping there is a future for his state’s dairy industry. He is only one of 10 dairy farmers left in the Warwick area. He has watched farmer after farmer leave the industry as drought and high costs have...

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Fighting the winds of change to protect farm land

WIEBKE AND Jakob Franzenburg settled in south-west Victoria because they thought it was the best dairy farming land in Australia. Now they’re willing to fight to protect that land from a proposed neighbouring wind farm. Wiebke and Jakob moved from...

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Burnt pasture recovery

MANY EASTERN Australian farm managers will be grappling with recovery after fires swept through their properties and destroyed their pastures in January. Appropriate action will depend on the intensity of the burn, the condition of the pasture...

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World at her feet

YOUNG DAIRY apprentice Teah Huon has the world at her feet and a career she is excited about. She is in the second year of her apprenticeship working with Timmering dairy farmer Scott Somerville. “I have always loved animals, but when I was...

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From the Experts

ABV release prompts sire review

The August release of Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) and the upcoming joining season will have dairy farmers around the country thinking about the next best sires to use over their herds. While breeding enthusiasts will delve into great detail...

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From the Experts

Sires’ success is proven

THE DESIRE by ABS to make better cows faster has never been more evident than in the August ABV proofs, delivering top sires in both the Holstein genomic rankings and sires with Australian milking daughters. The success of the ABS genomic program is...

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From the Experts

Scientists expand genetic horizons

Australia’s geneticists are leading the world in expanding the horizons of genetic selection of dairy cattle. WHAT DO you achieve if you take a team of clever geneticists, give them state-of-the-art research facilities and supply them with...

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From the Experts

Trial sparks interest

A TRIAL of sexed semen three years ago ignited one Tasmanian dairy farming family’s passion for breeding and laid a foundation for the business’s future. Stuart and Kylie Nailer milk 215 cows at Ringarooma, in Tasmania’s north-east, with their...

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Markets

Global dairy prices ease

DAIRY MARKETS have entered 2020 with strong supply and demand fundamentals which are supporting global commodity prices. It has been widely reported the current market is operating in a well-balanced state, with demand marginally ahead of supply...

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Markets

Profits drop on Queensland farms

THE PROFITABILITY of Queensland dairy farms continues to decline due to climatic conditions and high purchased feed costs, according to the latest Queensland Dairy Accounting Scheme report from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries...

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Markets

Australian consumers and the value of premium products

With temperatures heating up, all eyes are on southern Australia’s harvest prospects. As northern parts of the country experience yet another failed harvest, the southern crop will be paramount for any potential impact on current feed costs. While...

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Machinery & Products

Machinery & Products

Machinery sales take hit in summer

VICTORIAN TRACTOR sales have been the only bright spark in a disappointing January for machinery sales. However, a national survey of dealers has found optimism that current turnover is picking up and will improve in the next six months. The impact...

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Machinery & Products

Great expectations deliver on digging holes

REGULAR READERS of this column will recall that the act of digging holes in the ground without a shovel has at times proven the bane of my existence. In the early 2000s, I cut my teeth on a late 1980s JCB 3CX — and likely didn’t know how lucky I...

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Machinery & Products

Polaris to drop quad bikes in Australia

Polaris Australia and New Zealand managing director Alan Collins says the off-road vehicle market has experienced a transition from quad bikes to side-by-side vehicles. Manufacturer Polaris has announced it will withdraw all quad bike models from...

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Animal Health

Animal Health

On-farm milk culturing a growing

MOST MASTITIS is caused by a bacterial infection. However, visual inspection of the milk is not a reliable method for determining which pathogen you might be dealing with. Traditionally, milk samples from infected quarters or a composite sample from...

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Animal Health

New teat sealant launched

In a first for Australian farmers, Jurox Animal Health has launched a non-antibiotic dry cow intra-mammary teat sealant. U-Seal was developed in Australia by the Jurox team, in collaboration with Australian dairy farmers, who have, until recently...

Geoff Adams
Animal Health

Do not forget your dry cows during heat stress

ALTHOUGH DAIRY producers are paying more attention to their milking cows during heat stress, many times they will not be aware of how heat stress during the dry cow period has a huge negative impact on the cow and her offspring. This implies...

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