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Farming smarter reaps rewards for SA farm

PRODUCING 2.1 million litres of milk with an annual rainfall of 350 mm has meant Gary and Ros Zweck and their son Justin have had to farm smarter. Their system is based around a TMR and a feed pad which can challenge controlling cell counts and...

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Farm profits fall to 13-year low in Victoria’s northern dairy region

Farm profits in Victoria’s northern dairy region fell to record lows in 2018-19, as dry conditions and high input costs continued to plague farmers.

Rodney Woods
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Dairy gets heart health approval

DAIRY AUSTRALIA has welcomed new advice from the Heart Foundation which says regular fat milk, yoghurt and cheese are healthy options for Australians. The updated advice means the Heart Foundation has removed its previous restriction on regular fat...

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Colliding views on inquiry focus

FARMERS NEED to ask trespassers if they are animal rights activists. That was the facetious view of Andy Meddick MLC, a member of the panel committee conducting a public inquiry into the impact of animal rights activism on Victorian agriculture. Mr...

Jeanette Severs
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Coomboona farm hosts major waste reduction project

A Coomboona farm will play a major role in developing a new way of cutting down on agricultural waste.

Geoff Adams
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Farmers urge united front to save industry

DAVID JANKE wants the dairy industry — suppliers, processors and supermarkets to forget the last eight years and move forward — as a united front, starting with a base milk price of $1.50/litre for all milk sold into the fresh milk market. He is...

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Nominees for DA election

DAIRY AUSTRALIA has announced the three board nominees standing for election at the 2019 AGM to be held in November. Josephine Rozman is standing for the finance and governance position, Jeff Odgers has been nominated for the milk producer position...

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Dairy plan group named

FORMER UDV president Adam Jenkins and Blighty dairy farmer Malcolm Holm headline the members of a dairy industry task force, which will advise on options to reform the industry’s organisational structures. The eight-person panel was announced on...

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National milk production slows

AUSTRALIAN MILK production for the 2018–19 season has reduced by 5.7 per cent to 8.8 billion litres, down from 9.3 billion litres the previous year. The number is a revision upward of Dairy Australia’s previous estimate of 8.45 billion litres...

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Make sure cows don’t lose too much weight, says Agriculture Victoria

Story by: Dr Sarah Chaplin, Agriculture Victoria development specialist

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Calivil farmer’s bull tops ranking

Calivil’s Craig Lister is on cloud nine after one of his bulls topped the ABV’s national best Holstein bull rankings.

Rodney Woods
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Lachlan Marshall starts the process of destocking

Lachlan Marshall’s Blighty dairy farm has hit the trigger point he was hoping it would never make.

Sophie Baldwin
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‘Bold new measures necessary’

More than 130 delegates representing all Australian states and elements of the supply chain in the dairy industry met in Melbourne on July 30 and 31 to frame the key elements of the Australian Dairy Plan.

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Stinky blue still on menu

Federal Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie has melted concerns roquefort imports could be banned after French-cheese lovers kicked up a stink.

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Coles follows price rise lead

Coles has followed the lead of Woolworths and Aldi by increasing its home brand milk prices.

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Dairy farmer Chris Hibberson enters top 100 producers for milk quality

After years on the cusp of the dairy industry’s top prize for milk quality, northern Victorian dairy farmer Chris Hibberson has been announced as a winner in Dairy Australia’s 2019 Milk Quality Awards.

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Coles goes direct to farmers

NORTHERN VICTORIAN and southern NSW dairy farmers are the focus of a Coles push to bypass processors and secure its own direct milk supply. From next month, the supermarket giant will begin sourcing milk directly for its Coles brand fresh milk, and...

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Dairy plan focus

Dairy farmers are calling for better representation and action on a range of industry issues, in the first round of public consultations on a new Australian dairy plan. The first round of meetings finished in June, and the next round of invitation...

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Man dead in suspicious circumstances

A man was located with life-threatening injuries on the Murray Valley Highway in Cohuna. It is believed the incident happened about 6am but the man was unable to be revived and died at the scene. More to come

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Echuca man charged with murder over Cohuna shooting

Homicide Squad detectives have charged an Echuca man with murder following the death of another man in Daltons Bridge near Cohuna yesterday. A 29-year-old Daltons Bridge man was located with life threatening injuries at an address on Easton Rd...

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Fatal collision on Goulburn Valley Highway

Emergency services are responding to a major collision on the Goulburn Valley Hwy near Gillespies Rd. The highway is closed in both directions and is under Victoria Police control. It will re-open when it is safe to do so. Drivers have been asked to...

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Nestle Tongala to close

Nestlé today announced plans to close its Tongala factory meaning all 106 roles at the factory will be made redundant. The closure of the factory, which primarily produces tinned milk products, will be staged progressively throughout a period of up...

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