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Carlene Dowie

Editor

Carlene Dowie is the editor of the Australian Dairyfarmer magazine and has more than 30 years' experience as a rural journalist.

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Burra announces opening price and step up

Burra announces opening price and step up

Burra Foods has joined the opening price race, announcing on Thursday a $6.40-$6.80 a kilogram milk solids price range for 2021-22, as well as a another step up for this year.

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Fonterra to open at $6.55/kg MS

Fonterra to open at $6.55/kg MS

Fonterra has upped the ante, announcing a $6.55 a kilogram milk solids 2020/21 opening price three weeks ahead of the June 1 deadline.

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Strong global dairy prices forecast

Strong global dairy prices forecast

Pundits are tipping strong global dairy prices to continue into the new season on the back of recent Global Dairy Trade auction results.

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Dairy single body plan abandoned

Dairy single body plan abandoned

The Australian dairy industry has walked away from an ambitious plan to form a new single whole-of-industry national dairy organisation.

Bulla throws down opening price gauntlet

Bulla throws down opening price gauntlet

Bulla Dairy Foods has thrown down the gauntlet in the battle for milk supply, announcing its 2021/22 opening price this week.

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Global dairy prices steady

Global dairy prices steady

Global Dairy Trade auction prices were steady on Tuesday night, consolidating the big gains in March.

Dairy processors optimistic about season ahead

Dairy processors optimistic about season ahead

Major Australian dairy processors are looking forward to the coming season with optimism, having come out the COVID-19 pandemic in a good position, an Australian Dairy Conference webinar in March heard.

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More water market information needed: broker

More water market information needed: broker

A leading Australian water broker says the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's recommended reforms of the water market don't go far enough.

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Senate inquiry rejects call for dairy royal commission

Senate inquiry rejects call for dairy royal commission

A senate inquiry into the Australian dairy industry has rejected calls for a royal commission into the industry, but the inquiry has recommended further investigation of a minimum farmgate price.

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Code, contracts and COVID confound dairy pricing

Code, contracts and COVID confound dairy pricing

The dairy industry code of conduct, new contract arrangements for the majority of farmers and the COVID-19 pandemic have fundamentally altered the way dairy farmgate prices are set in Australia.

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Expressions of interest sought on Coreena

Expressions of interest sought on Coreena

Expressions of interest are being sought on the very well developed Barcaldine property Coreena.

A top option for the dry

A top option for the dry

The many benefits provided by Agrimix Pastures' Progardes Desmanthus are capturing the interest of graziers across the eastern coast of Australia.

A modest start, hard work and repeatability: How Greensill Farming was built

A modest start, hard work and repeatability: How Greensill Farming was built

A '20-year overnight success' is how Greensill Farming Group CEO Peter Greensill describes the 3,000 hectare sweet potato and sugarcane business he runs with brothers, Lex and Andrew, at Qunaba, Queensland.