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Attention to detail brings rewards again

KEEP A watchful eye and do everything well, including the little things. That’s Craig Stephens’ ‘secret’ to keeping his herd bulk milk cell count low. His herd’s average BMCC of 77 000 has placed him in the best five per cent of Australian...

Stephen Cooke

05 Nov 2018

Management

Farm’s focus is on saving water

NEIL GANNON’S dairy farm has been owned by his family for 140 years but the times are definitely changing. Mr Gannon and his wife, Keryn, currently milk 500 cows on 267 ha at Tinamba in Gippsland. They recently signed up to be a GippsDairy Focus...

Stephen Cooke

15 Oct 2018

Management

Sustainability not just planting trees

SUSTAINABILITY IS not just about shelter belts and planting trees, it’s about the financial stability of your business, according to Yandoit dairy farmer Robert Morrison. Mr Morrison, his wife Belinda and their son, Nick, won the Natural Resource...

Stephen Cooke

12 Oct 2018

Dairy News

Fonterra lifts price, reduces end-of-season forecase

Fonterra Australia has announced a step-up of 13 cents/kilogram milk solids (MS) but revised its forecast closing end of season price from $6.20kg/MS to $6.10kg/MS. The company said the price steo-up takes its ‘average farmgate milk price’ to...

Stephen Cooke

11 Oct 2018

News

DA committed to GM rye-grass

THE DELAYED introduction of genetically modified rye-grass continues to frustrate dairy farmers, and the new Managing Director of Dairy Australia, David Nation, is uniquely placed to share these frustrations. Mr Nation was CEO of the industry...

Stephen Cooke

01 Oct 2018

News

Familiar face outlines agenda

NEW DAIRY Australia Managing Director David Nation is a familiar face to dairy farmers. Unlike his predecessor, Ian Halliday, who was appointed to the top role from the food manufacturing sector, Mr Nation was CEO of the industry research program...

Stephen Cooke

27 Sep 2018