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Farmers must extract more value from existing tech

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers are starting to embrace technology but aren’t necessarily getting its full benefits, according to a leading researcher. Speaking at the Dairy Research Foundation’s 2018 Symposium at the University of Sydney, Dr Sabrin...

Rick Bayne
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Tight cost control pays off

Better performing dairy farms have good cost control and a focus on directing resources to the area of best return.

Geoff Adams
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Index does not go far enough

STATE DAIRY farmer groups have claimed the federal Government’s new national Milk Price Index lacks vital information on processing costs. The index was launched last month and aims to help farmers make decisions about their businesses. Australian...

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Giant posts loss

New Zealand’s biggest company, dairy giant Fonterra, has posted a loss of $NZ196million ($A179million) — the first annual loss in its 17-year history.

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Bigger isn’t always better

KEEPING THINGS simple and fresh has been a successful formula for Nullawarre farmers Jason and Abby Burleigh. Never inclined to go beyond their means, the Burleighs have built a sustainable operation while successfully embracing the domestic fresh...

Rick Bayne
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Celebrating whats best in dairy

THE 2018 Great South West Dairy Awards celebrated the achievements and commitment of the local dairy industry at a gala night on Wednesday, July 11 at the City Memorial Bowls Club in Warrnambool. This year for the first time the awards celebrated...

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Founder back in top job

The founder of Bubs Australia is returning as chief executive after the baby food maker’s current head said he would step down next month.

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Fonterra helps feed needy

Dairy processor Fonterra has delivered 2.5million kilograms of dairy products to charity.

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A festival of fodder

The Australian Fodder Industry Association has teamed up with Murray Dairy to provide a demonstration and interactive field day, called the AFIA Fodder Festival. The day will be a mix of paddock demonstrations and presentations at the Elmore Field...

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Winter champions crowned

THE FIFTH annual National Herd Development Winter Fair has come and gone, with four-year-old Cairnsdale Sid Anastasia, owned by the Gardiner family from Five Ways in Cardinia, crowned Supreme Senior Champion. Despite tough times in the industry...

Sophie Baldwin
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Turning dreams into reality

FIVE YEARS ago Dean and Sarah Kendrick took a huge leap of faith and bought a dairy farm. Not a strange thing to do really, except Mr Kendrick was a builder in Melbourne and his farming experience was limited to some time spent on his...

Sophie Baldwin
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Farming is family’s blood

COLIN AND Karen Gamble are proud of the fact their two children, Chris and Ashleigh, want to take over the family farm. They just worry what about what sort of future awaits this next generation. The rising cost of production, water availability and...

Sophie Baldwin
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Focusing on what matters

IF THERE’S one program that sums up what our dairy industry is about, it’s Focus Farms. The three new Focus Farms that are just starting in Gippsland will see ideas discussed, preconceptions challenged and significant changes made to the farm...

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Dairy code war goes on

The dairy industry’s internal debate about a potential mandatory code of conduct continues to drag on, with Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud declaring he is sick of the delays.

Alana Christensen
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Dairy levy floated

Support is growing for a temporary 10¢/litre levy on milk to support drought-affected dairy farmers, as a groundswell of community support for the measure has forced politicians and supermarkets to consider the idea.

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Farmers unite to form co-operative

UNITED WE Stand farmers are in the process of legally forming their own co-operative after receiving overwhelming support from the dairying community. The group has formally elected a committee, which includes chair Marshall Jacobs (Rochester)...

Sophie Baldwin
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Bega sweetens its holdings

Bega Cheese has added a smidgen of honey to its Vegemite, confirming the purchase of a stake in Capilano Honey and raising the prospect of a bidding war for the ASX-listed honey firm.

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Dairy hit by rising costs

Dairy farmers continue to do it tough as dry conditions and rising feed prices have seen average profit across Victoria fall to the fifth lowest level in 12 years.

Alana Christensen

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Father killed in bike accident

POLICE are investigating the death of a man killed in a motorbike accident at a Bunnaloo property on Sunday.

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Man dies after motorcycle crash at Bunnaloo

Police are investigating after a man was found deceased on a property in the state’s south overnight. About 7pm yesterday, a 39-year-old man was located deceased under a motorbike on a private property on Nolan Road, Bunnaloo. Despite...

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Still Makaila, but so very different today - and tomorrow

NOTHING could be more unexpected than meeting Makaila Ogden. In January, 2016, she was attending the funeral of the man of her dreams. Just five days after the service she found out she was pregnant with his child. Her brittle fragility, her...

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Woman dies in two-car crash

A WOMAN died following a two-car collision in Wyuna, near Kyabram, on Friday afternoon.

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