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Andrew Marshall

A proposed code similar to dairy will aim to keep chicken processors and retailers in line when setting contracts and prices with grower-suppliers.

Poultry conduct code looms as ACCC tightens dairy processor regs

Marian Macdonald

PRICE: Fonterra Australia has announced its opening price and a step up for the current season.

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Fonterra Australia has announced a step-up in the price it's paying dairy farmers and its opening milk price for the new season.

Fonterra Australia opens and delivers a step up

DAIRY JOBS DESPERATION: Attracting labour is now the number one challenge for the Australian dairy industry, leaders say.

Dairy farmers are so desperate to attract the right people to milk cows and manage farms, they're paying well above award rates and poaching employees from each other but labour is in such short supply, many are simply burning out.

Dairy labour shortage bites hard

North Australian Pastoral Company's beef cattle herds are among the first in the world with Royal DSM's Bovaer methane suppressing ingredient in the feed rations.

Royal DSM signs supply agreements for its Bovaer methane suppressor with North Australian Pastoral Company, Elanco Animal Health and Europe's Arla Foods.

Dutch nutrition giant finds methane's money and ruminant role models

Shan Goodwin

DA's David Nation tells Wagyu conference: "Our futures will only get closer"

Surplus dairy calves a big opportunity for beef

NOT HAPPY: Victorian Farmers Federation president Emma Germano. Photo by Andrew Miller

Emma Germano has used her VFF president's address to lash dairy advocacy leaders at the UDV annual meeting.

Germano 'doesn't like' dairy advocacy

DAIRY: United Dairyfarmers of Victoria president Paul Mumford and UDV manager Shane Byrne.

UDV president Paul Mumford has blasted 'bad behaviour' in the industry and hypocritical criticism.

'Bad behaviour' top priority for UDV president

PLAINTIFF: Bruce Vallance has launched legal against the VFF. Photo by Elizabeth Anderson.

The Victorian Farmers Federation has been taken to the Supreme Court by a second dairy farmer who says he has been unfairly expelled.

Second court case on VFF oustings

Kiara Stacey

Auastralian DairyFarmers' president Rick Gladigau says "If they're paying $9 for domestic milk in NSW then why can't we get $9 for domestic milk across the board".

Despite Bega Cheese announcing a record milk solids per kilogram for their opening average milk price, Australian Dairyfarmers' president Rick Gladigau says it is not enough.

Milk shortages push opening prices to record levels

Judge Henry Bevan, Ravenshoe, QLD, with Craig Cochrane, Parrabel Genetics, and senior champion female and winner of best senior udder, Tandara Vivid Lunda 260.

Brown Swiss dairy cattle classes judged during Sydney Royal Dairy Cattle Show

Tandara returns to claim Brown Swiss dairy title

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FEDERAL ELECTION: The controversial $14.5 billion Inland Rail set to terminate at North Star following Labor's win in the federal election. Image: ARTC

The controversial $14.5 billion Inland Rail is set to terminate at North Star following Labor's win in the federal election.

Inland Rail set to terminate at North Star in northern NSW

COALITION WEAKNESS: Barnaby Joyce was used to wedge the Liberals in inner-city seats . Photo: Marina Neil

Barnaby Joyce may refuse to take any blame for the inner-city seats lost by his Coalition colleagues, but political pundits say the Nationals leader has Liberal blood on his hands.

Liberal blood on Barnaby's hand as climate vote slaps Coalition

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