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Top tips for feedpads and calving pads

Top tips for feedpads and calving pads

Feedpads are used in dairying as an important management system to aid supplementary feeding by reducing waste.

Milk price to rise on the tide of global demand

Milk price to rise on the tide of global demand

ABARES has farmgate milk price lifting 2pc in next financial year.

Freedom posts $24m loss, but exports, dairy, nutrition half-year sales up

Freedom posts $24m loss, but exports, dairy, nutrition half-year sales up

Freedom Foods reports a 33pc export sales lift, solid plant-based beverages, dairy and nutritional products revenues - and a $24m loss for the start of 2020-21.

Farmer engagement key to dairy's profitability

Farmer engagement key to dairy's profitability

Australia's dairy farmers must embrace educational opportunities to better adapt to industry challenges and drive future growth and profitability.

Milk price to rise on the tide of global demand

Milk price to rise on the tide of global demand

ABARES has farmgate milk price lifting 2pc in next financial year.

DA to bolster regional focus

DA to bolster regional focus

Dairy Australia will look to use its regional development programs to build closer links with farmers and to identify specific research needs.

Parwan Park to be sold as Genetics Australia moves to Camperdown

Parwan Park to be sold as Genetics Australia moves to Camperdown

The country's largest bull and semen facility is being established near Camperdown.

Bodalla Dairy taking South Coast ice cream to the big city

Bodalla Dairy taking South Coast ice cream to the big city

Soon, 200 Woolworths stores will stock two Bodalla cheeses and an ice cream shop will open in Sydney.

Science takes guesswork out of cheese production and reduces waste

Science takes guesswork out of cheese production and reduces waste

New research from RMIT University allows the quality of cheese to be checked much earlier and more precisely in the cheese-making process.

DA to bolster regional focus

DA to bolster regional focus

Dairy Australia will look to use its regional development programs to build closer links with farmers and to identify specific research needs.

Farmer engagement key to dairy's profitability

Farmer engagement key to dairy's profitability

Australia's dairy farmers must embrace educational opportunities to better adapt to industry challenges and drive future growth and profitability.

Bodalla Dairy taking South Coast ice cream to the big city

Bodalla Dairy taking South Coast ice cream to the big city

Soon, 200 Woolworths stores will stock two Bodalla cheeses and an ice cream shop will open in Sydney.

Freedom posts $24m loss, but exports, dairy, nutrition half-year sales up

Freedom posts $24m loss, but exports, dairy, nutrition half-year sales up

Freedom Foods reports a 33pc export sales lift, solid plant-based beverages, dairy and nutritional products revenues - and a $24m loss for the start of 2020-21.

Science takes guesswork out of cheese production and reduces waste

Science takes guesswork out of cheese production and reduces waste

New research from RMIT University allows the quality of cheese to be checked much earlier and more precisely in the cheese-making process.

Dairy campaign to encourage support of community

Dairy campaign to encourage support of community

A NEW campaign promoting the Australian dairy industry will be rolling out across television, radio, podcast, digital and social media throughout 2021

City sprawl puts the squeeze on cattle genetics HQ

City sprawl puts the squeeze on cattle genetics HQ

Australia's largest bull genetics supplier has fallen victim to Melbourne's urban sprawl.

Parwan Park to be sold as Genetics Australia moves to Camperdown

Parwan Park to be sold as Genetics Australia moves to Camperdown

The country's largest bull and semen facility is being established near Camperdown.

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Synergies in dairy beef industry

Synergies in dairy beef industry

Using European breeds to boost the potential of dairy, beef programs.

Border tick control "broken"

Border tick control "broken"

Years of falling in and out of tick quarantine has left vulnerable border country graziers frustrated.

Cross-breed program achieves breeding goals

Cross-breed program achieves breeding goals

A three-way crossbreeding program is driving growth for Lauren and Jarrod Meade.

Lifetime achievement for Illawarra cow

Lifetime achievement for Illawarra cow

A South Australian Illawarra trumped both its Holstein and Illawarra herd mates when its recently achieved a lifetime production of close to 150,000 litres within a 500-cow herd.

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Who will foot the bill for Fall Armyworm?

Who will foot the bill for Fall Armyworm?

Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries first reported sightings of Fall Armyworm (FAW) in February last year and to be fair, it's been closely monitoring its progress as it spreads.

Collingullie hay producer investigates biosecurity practices

Collingullie hay producer investigates biosecurity practices

Improving the hay industry's biosecurity.

Hunt for pasture dieback answers continues

Hunt for pasture dieback answers continues

The fight to find a cause and then a cure for pasture dieback is continuing, with Gatton-based researchers hoping to find out more about how the presence of ground pearls may be connected to the phenomenon.

Tasmanian program helps lift irrigator skills

Tasmanian program helps lift irrigator skills

Tasmanian farmers have benefited from a specialised irrigation coaching program led by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA).

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Western Victorian focus farms to open doors

Western Victorian focus farms to open doors

Two upcoming field days will give the western Victorian dairy farmers the opportunity to see the progress being made at WestVic Dairy's Focus Farms.

South Australia dairy outlook improves

South Australia dairy outlook improves

South Australia's dairy farmers - on average - are in their strongest position for several years, with seasonal conditions and an improved farmgate milk price boosting profitability.

On-farm Internet of Things trial funding deadline extended

On-farm Internet of Things trial funding deadline extended

The deadline for farmers to apply for grants in a Victorian Government on-farm Internet of Things trial has been extended.

Effluent upgrades a winner of RWUE

Effluent upgrades a winner of RWUE

The rural water use efficiency program helps farmers improve water, energy and nutrient management practices.