Dairy farming news, milk production insights, and breed developments across Australia.
A recent Australian study tour across the United States of America (USA), inspected and reported on options for rearing and marketing calves, including ways to improve the management and value of surplus dairy calves in Australia.
Everyone who dairies has struggled with fresh cows that are sluggish and not achieving enough Dry Matter Intake (DMI) after calving.
Western Victoria has some of the best dairy genes in the country and they were celebrated at the Great South West Dairy Awards this month.
Challenging dry conditions means feed and feed quality are top of mind for some New South Wales dairy farmers.
One of Australia’s most advanced dairy aggregations, Coomboona Dairies in the Goulburn Valley, is being offered to the market as a whole or as two contiguous holdings.
PEAK dairy group Australian Dairy Farmers welcomed DairyBio co-director Dr David Nation as the new managing director of industry services body Dairy Australia.
DAIRY businesses are losing up to $364 million each year in employee turnover, with Australia’s peak dairy farmer group warning the problem will only get worse unless the federal Government acts immediately to solve the industry’s labour crisis.
Australia’s largest genetics supplier, Genetics Australia Co-operative, has confirmed the $14.65 million sale of one of its major property holdings.
Eclipse Holsteins of Richard Hull yet again staged another successful Sensation Sale at the Shepparton Selling Centre.
Gippsland based dairy processor Burra Foods, launched their new dairy brand, Pure Source Milk.
An opening average milk price for the 2018/19 season of $5.75 per kilogram milk solids has been announced for all Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) and Saputo Dairy Australia (SDA) suppliers in the Southern Milk Region.
Leading New Zealand vet, Neil Chesterton, visited the Murray region for a series of workshops and on-farm demonstrations focused on the prevention of lameness.
