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Saputo staff cook up a storm | Photos

Saputo staff cook up a storm | Photos

Saputo Dairy Australia staff put their cooking skills to the test.

The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind our dairy woes

The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind our dairy woes

In this piece for The Conversation, University of Melbourne's Professor of Cattle and Sheep Production Medicine, Andrew Fisher takes a look at the big issues impacting in our dairy industry.

Cream of the crop

Cream of the crop

Atherton Tablelands dairy farmers are among those providing advice to Indonesians in a bid to improve their industry.

Dairy reform delay looms as industry criticises code of conduct

Dairy reform delay looms as industry criticises code of conduct

Growing support for Labor, One Nation's mandatory floor price plan.

The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind our dairy woes

The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind our dairy woes

In this piece for The Conversation, University of Melbourne's Professor of Cattle and Sheep Production Medicine, Andrew Fisher takes a look at the big issues impacting in our dairy industry.

Dairy beef semen sales skyrocket

Dairy beef semen sales skyrocket

Australian dairy farmers are looking to the beef market to diversify their income.

Stock crossing program winner

Stock crossing program winner

Guy Barnett says underpasses improve farm and road safety.

Dairy industry needs political intervention

Dairy industry needs political intervention

We need our politicians to intervene and fix the market imbalance and lack of profit in our industry.

Gardiner scholarship keeps Gippsland student in touch with dairy

Gardiner scholarship keeps Gippsland student in touch with dairy

Hannah Thorson has gone to the city to learn more about agriculture but her heart remains in Gippsland.

Dairy beef semen sales skyrocket

Dairy beef semen sales skyrocket

Australian dairy farmers are looking to the beef market to diversify their income.

Dairy reform delay looms as industry criticises code of conduct

Dairy reform delay looms as industry criticises code of conduct

Growing support for Labor, One Nation's mandatory floor price plan.

Dairy industry needs political intervention

Dairy industry needs political intervention

We need our politicians to intervene and fix the market imbalance and lack of profit in our industry.

Cream of the crop

Cream of the crop

Atherton Tablelands dairy farmers are among those providing advice to Indonesians in a bid to improve their industry.

Gardiner scholarship keeps Gippsland student in touch with dairy

Gardiner scholarship keeps Gippsland student in touch with dairy

Hannah Thorson has gone to the city to learn more about agriculture but her heart remains in Gippsland.

Beefing up dairy income streams

Beefing up dairy income streams

Milk producers ramp up use of beef semen.

Northern Victorian dairy farmer keeping a lid on costs in good times and bad

Northern Victorian dairy farmer keeping a lid on costs in good times and bad

Brendan Hehir says there is no "silver bullet" to ensure a successful dairy industry but many things farmers need to do well.

Stock crossing program winner

Stock crossing program winner

Guy Barnett says underpasses improve farm and road safety.

Herd Management

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Simple formula for dairy success

Simple formula for dairy success

A Victorian dairy farmer takes a simple approach to his breeding decisions, making the most of the tools available to him.

New online biosecurity tool launched

New online biosecurity tool launched

Dairy farmers now have access to a new online tool to build their skills and adapt their management approach to biosecurity risks.

Food safety training to grow SA dairy culture

Food safety training to grow SA dairy culture

A new program will boost the dairy industry's food safety culture and training options to ensure South Australian dairy processors remain at the forefront in best practice

Repro Right boosts skills

Repro Right boosts skills

A Dairy Australia initiative upskilling dairy professionals to deliver higher quality reproduction services to farmers is helping to lift performance in Australia's dairy herds.

Feed Management

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Stockfeed takes scoop from dairy margins

Stockfeed takes scoop from dairy margins

Drought-driven high stockfeed prices could be costing Western Australian dairy farmers between three and four cents per litre more of their farmgate milk price margin this season than in previous seasons.

Record farmgate prices weighed down by high costs

Record farmgate prices weighed down by high costs

Dairy Australia's October Situation and Outlook report has been released.

Minimise contractor disagreements

Minimise contractor disagreements

During every silage and hay harvest season there are disagreements between farmers and contractors during the actual harvest or with the finished product.

Silage key part of managing drought

Silage key part of managing drought

This is the third consecutive year of drought for East Gippsland, Vic, dairy farmers Veronica and Neil Joiner. The experience has caused the seasoned farmers to make hard decisions in order to keep milking.

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Northern Victorian dairy farmer keeping a lid on costs in good times and bad

Northern Victorian dairy farmer keeping a lid on costs in good times and bad

Brendan Hehir says there is no "silver bullet" to ensure a successful dairy industry but many things farmers need to do well.

Is it time for branded jersey beef?

Is it time for branded jersey beef?

Dr Bolton says no other animal seems to have been so categorically rejected as uneconomical for beef as the male Jersey calf.

Gympie dairy keeps on keeping on | Video

Gympie dairy keeps on keeping on | Video

Gympie district dairy farmers Robert and Barbara Gear "keep on keeping on".

11-year employment to farm ownership journey

11-year employment to farm ownership journey

Rebecca and Glenn Casey work a 160-hour week between them but all that's about to change for the South Gippsland share farmers who have found a way to step into dairy farm ownership.