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Fonterra Australia announces opening milk price

Fonterra Australia has announced a weighted average farmgate milk price for the 2020/2021 season of $6.06 per kgMS, with an estimated closing price range of $6.30 to $6.70 per kgMS. Fonterra Australia managing director René Dedoncker says that...

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Counting on carbon for the future of farming

A major new project will show how increasing soil carbon on 20 Heytesbury district farms can lead to food production and climate change benefits. Heytesbury District Landcare Network will lead the $298 000 project which has been funded by the Lord...

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Infrastructure with best bang for buck

WHEN IT comes to investing in infrastructure dairy farmer Rob Singleton has always looked for the best bang for his buck. “The bucket of money is only ever so big so getting the best value out of the bucket is very important,” Rob said. Rob and...

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Heifer trade set to continue

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers can expect their lucrative heifer export markets to continue despite the coronavirus. Landmark International general manager Andy Ingle said trade hadn’t seen any significant impact since the outbreak of the pandemic...

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Frustrated farmers living on the edge

THE SEARLE family can’t do too much more to streamline its dairy operation without access to affordable irrigation water. The family, parents Geoff and Tracey along with sons Michael, 29, and Matt, 35, who farm just outside Barham in NSW, are on...

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Farming dream finally a reality

AFTER 22 years of blood, sweat and tears, Kelvin and Shelley Matthews are finally living their dairy farming dream after recently purchasing a 100 ha farm named Pete’s Park, just outside of Cohuna. Kelvin first started working on a dairy farm when...

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Always adapting to change

AN IMPORTANT and successful part of management for dairy farmers Ian and Karen Litchfield has been their ability to adapt to change — change in all forms from embracing technological advancements to ground roots farming and herd management...

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Rain signals water recovery

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL in March has been a welcome relief for everyone, H2OX business development manager, Craig Feuerherdt has observed. “The Darling River is reinvigorated, which is good news for NSW entitlement holders and everyone who relies on...

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Shepparton sale tips $7000

A MULTI-VENDOR sale that featured the dispersal of autumn-calving Holstein heifers from two master breeder herds topped at $7100 on March 6. Held at Shepparton Regional Saleyards, the Eagle Ridge herd, owned by Russell and Kerry Eagle, of Finley...

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Keelty visits farmer

Dairy farmer Bridget Goulding hosted Murray-Darling Basin Water Resources interim inspector-general Mick Keelty on her Katunga property, to share her experiences of industry issues, including drought and the rise in water costs. A dairy farmer for...

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Deni show winners

DENILIQUIN’S ANTHONY Michael and his wife Felicity left the 2020 Deniliquin Show proud of their prize Jersey cow, Mayberry Crystal 3, who was named the Supreme Dairy Exhibit. Judge Emmalea Wishart spent a long time deciding the Supreme winner...

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Tatura Milk results impacted

EARNINGS FOR Tatura Milk have been hit by reduced milk supply and a weakening in Chinese infant formula demand, the factory’s owner, Bega Cheese, has reported. “Severe drought across many dairy production regions has resulted in an increased...

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Staff culture vital in the dairy workplace

IN FEBRUARY I attended the Australian Dairy Conference thanks to the Gardiner Dairy Foundation and WestVic Dairy. Among the many standout speakers, my highlight was Dan Brown’s presentation on staff culture in the dairy farm workplace. Dan had been...

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Farmers fight windfarm plan

DAIRY FARMER angst is growing over plans for a giant wind farm in south-west Victoria. Farmers have joined a Moyne Shire Hexham wind farm community engagement committee and will argue that prime farming land should be kept for farming purposes...

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AFL goes Holstein

IN AUSTRALIAN football circles the colours black and white are synonymous with the Collingwood Football Club. But during the Pies’ practice game at Morwell on March 8, it was their opposition’s socks that used the colour combination to support...

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Moo Moo’s lesson an udder success

COWS WEAR number plates. That was the message taken home by one Paynesville primary school student after his group participated in Dairy Australia’s Picasso cows program. His knowledge is the fault of the dairy farmer involved, who gave this...

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Issues are shared across the globe, Finnish farmers find out

IT APPEARS there are similar issues and concerns for dairy farmers in the northern hemisphere, going on the input from a group from Finland who toured a number of Gippsland farms during five days in the region in October. Succession planning, animal...

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Laura nourishes her will to lead

LAURA SUTHERLAND was raised on a family dairy farm and now lives on the runoff property, five minutes from the home farm run by her father Chris and brother Jordan at Tallandoon in the Mitta Valley in north-east Victoria. “Growing up on the farm...

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Fonterra Australia announces opening milk price

Fonterra Australia has announced a weighted average farmgate milk price for the 2020/2021 season of $6.06 per kgMS, with an estimated closing price range of $6.30 to $6.70 per kgMS. Fonterra Australia managing director René Dedoncker says that...

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Frustrated farmers living on the edge

THE SEARLE family can’t do too much more to streamline its dairy operation without access to affordable irrigation water. The family, parents Geoff and Tracey along with sons Michael, 29, and Matt, 35, who farm just outside Barham in NSW, are on...

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Farmers fight windfarm plan

DAIRY FARMER angst is growing over plans for a giant wind farm in south-west Victoria. Farmers have joined a Moyne Shire Hexham wind farm community engagement committee and will argue that prime farming land should be kept for farming purposes...

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After six decades in the industry, this dairy farmer is going out on top

THE SIX decades Bernie McManus has spent in the dairy industry might be coming to an end but the 73-year-old is certainly going out on top. His Bercar Jersey herd is currently ranked number two in DataGene’s recently released Australian Breeding...

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