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Breeding Burpless Bovines

Cows that burp less could help save the environment and put money back into the pockets of farmers. With the increasing cost of feed and social awareness of climate change, dairy farmers are under greater pressure to produce more milk with less...

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Farmers bank on debt recommendations

According to Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) figures, in the 2016–17 financial year the average dairy farm owed $937 000 to banking institutions. Debt has been a key source of capital for Australian...

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Stage set for milk price recovery: US dairy expert

The slowdown in global milk supply growth has “set the stage” for a recovery in milk prices for dairy producers around the globe, according to a visiting North American dairy expert. Out from Chicago as a keynote speaker at the recent Australian...

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Brexit no trade boost for dairy farmers

A BANKING economist has cautioned against the dairy industry expecting too much for Australia out of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. While the UK’s much anticipated exit will occur in March, there may not be very many benefits...

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Supermarkets help with drought relief

COLES HAS begun distributing more than $ 3.9 million from the Coles Dairy Drought Relief Fund to assist almost 640 Australian dairy farmers impacted by drought. Coles customers contributed a total of $ 3 974 292.30 to the fund by paying an extra 30...

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Bega Cheese to sell factory

Bega Cheese’s Coburg facility will close its doors immediately the company has announced. In a statement the company said the decision was made following a review of Bega facilities, which concluded that “the Coburg site’s capacity and city location...

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Camp popular with kids

PARADING, JUDGING and clipping — it was all happening at Noorat last month as part of the largest Western District Youth Camp in recent years. The three-day camp had 54 participants and concentrated on building the skills of the next generation...

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Frustrated farmers

PETER AND Jane Middlebrook from Finley expressed exasperation at the management in Southern NSW of the Murray-Darling Basin because of the impact it had on their farm. The couple told the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry that their general security water...

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Cheap milk issue raised at inquiry

A RECENT inquiry into the NSW dairy industry has found producers are caught in a cost-price squeeze, leaving farmers to operate on the slimmest of margins. The committee of the NSW Parliament has produced a series of recommendations. The committee...

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Dedoncker calls for unity, vision

Fonterra Australia managing director, Rene Dedoncker has called for industry solidarity and urged dairy farmers to play a pro-active role in the future of the industry. Speaking at the Australian Dairy Conference,Mr Dedoncker urged farmers to play...

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Co-operatives help boost dairy prices

THE NORCO Co-operative, based in northern NSW and southern Queensland, believes there is a role for co-operatives in the dairy industry, which can help keep dairy prices higher. Chairman Greg McNamara told a NSW parliamentary inquiry that not so...

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Long term fire safety sought

SOUTH-WEST VICTORIAN dairy farmers fighting for compensation after the St Patrick’s Day fires say their campaign goes beyond a financial payout — they want to make sure it never happens again. Nearly 12 months after bushfires burnt 40 000 ha in...

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Australian fresh milk holdings buys Coomboona Dairy

Coomboona Dairy has been acquired by Australian Fresh Milk Holdings (AFMH), making the company the largest dairy producer in the country. As part of the acquisition, processor Freedom Foods contributed $4.6 million in equity funding in return for...

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Small grants program to help dairy communities

THE GARDINER Dairy Foundation is offering grants of up to $5000 to not-for-profit groups to strengthen small Victorian dairy communities in Gippsland, northern Victoria and south-west Victoria. The Gardiner Dairy Foundation’s Working in Dairy...

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Former dairy farmer honoured

FORMER TOOLAMBA dairy farmer Raymond Luscombe has been honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia for his work with the community. In early January, Mr Luscombe received a letter confirming his OAM, which came as a shock for the humble retired...

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Hay ‘soaked-up’ as market hinges on autumn break

FEARS OF fodder shortages still hang over the dairy industry with no signs of demand easing this season. Australian Fodder Industry Association chief executive officer John McKew said new season’s fodder had been soaked-up due to a “very empty...

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Study tour on the cards for Amabel

A MUCKATAH dairy farmer will travel across the ditch this month as part of the 2019 New Zealand Study Tour. The eight-day tour provides successful applicants, including Muckatah’s Amabel Grinter, with development opportunities to engage and learn...

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Southern dairy farmers debate code of conduct

DAIRY FARMERS in the southern milk pool are concerned about how a voluntary or mandatory code of conduct would deal with market inequities. That was the feedback at a public consultation session at Warragul in late January, where the clauses of...

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Farmers in crisis

In the past week, 2000 dairy cows have left the Cohuna area alone.

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Farmer heart-broken at herd sale

Nathan McGann worked out it was going to cost him about $170000 to get his 150-cow milking herd through the next seven months to spring.

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Management overhaul

Lino Saputo Jr’s drive to introduce changes in the former Murray Goulburn Co-operative, has resulted in some senior executives leaving.

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Frustrated farmers

PETER AND Jane Middlebrook from Finley expressed exasperation at the management in Southern NSW of the Murray-Darling Basin because of the impact it had on their farm. The couple told the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry that their general security water...

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