Western Dairy chairwoman Vicki Fitzpatrick and her husband Luke will be adding a sixth gold milk quality award to their Waroona dairy wall after being listed as one of the best 100 dairy farmers in Australia again this year.

Dairy farmers have an opportunity in the next couple of years to become a key part of the beef supply chain on the back of the massive drought-induced beef herd cull.

Australia's 9th National Carbon Farming conference kicks off next week.

Open market prices have soared above $600, forcing farmers to thin their herds.

A dairy farming couple has teamed up with a dairy process engineer to create a product that is no longer made in Australia.

Meredith Dairy, between Ballarat and Geelong in Victoria, milks 9000 goats and 1300 sheep a day.