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Milking energy savings
14 Mar 10 | Milk producers across the north of the State are making big savings, and helping combat climate change, by taking a close look at their energy requirements and implementing a range of often very simple, yet very effective, measures to cut usage.
Dairy calf options close
05 Mar 10 | THE CLOSURE of one of the State's largest buyers of dairy bull calves has left many farmers worried about their options for selling calves, with some producers saying they will have no choice but to destroy them on-farm.  | Selectabull workshops coming to SAVisit Stock Journal | MG continues to buy WCB sharesVisit Stock Journal
Outlook '10: Milk prices finally on the mend
03 Mar 10 | WORLD milk prices are predicted to rise and the Aussie milk price should stop its decline and make a small comeback, according to ABARE.   | Outlook '10: Dollar a burden on ... | Outlook '10: How Rudd ... | VIDEO: Rogators steeled for success
MG continues to buy WCB shares
02 Mar 10 | Murray Goulburn is understood to have continued to buy shares in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter on the market at $4.50 on Monday after picking up five per cent on Friday (the bulk of which was said to be from 452 Capital, one of the last institutions remaining in the stock).   | Warrnambool proves difficult to ... | Warrnambool rejects $4.35 bid
Murray Goulburn acquires Warrnambool Cheese and Butter stake
01 Mar 10 | Murray Goulburn has acquired nearly five per cent of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter following an aggressive buy up of stocks.  | Dairymen being milked to deathVisit Stock Journal | Dairy's cautious optimismVisit Stock Journal
Is MG bid to be big cheese too pricey?
24 Feb 10 | AUSTRALIA'S last big dairy co-operative, Murray Goulburn, is again talking up its spurned $270 million takeover proposal for Australia's last listed dairy group, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory. But it is going to take more than words to get the bid over the line.  | CommentsComments (1) | Warrnambool rejects $4.35 bid | WCB appoints new CEO
Warrnambool proves difficult to butter up
23 Feb 10 | MURRAY Goulburn's bid of $4.35 a share ($174 million) for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter – 45¢ a share higher than an offer made in December – was an attempt to break through the dairy company's stubborn resistance to its much-bigger suitor.  | Warrnambool Cheese in trading halt | Warrnambool rejects $4.35 bid
WCB appoints new CEO
22 Feb 10 | VICTORIA-based dairy producer Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) as today appointed former Parmalat Australia chief executive David Lord as its new CEO.  | WCB posts $8.9m half-year profit | Decision looming for ...
Warrnambool rejects $4.35 bid
19 Feb 10 | The battle for the hearts and minds of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) shareholders still has a way to run after the WCB board this morning advised the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) that it had rejected a revised, $4.35 a share offer from Murray Goulburn Co-operative.   | WCB posts $8.9m half-year profit | Murray Goulburn ups the ante ...
19 Feb 10 | THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about reduced competition from Goodman Fielder's $240 million sale of its commercial fats and oils business to Cargill.  | CommentsComments (1) | Cargill eyes off Goodman's fats ... | The big foreign appetite for ... | GALLERY: Photos: Lismore rallies against ...
Warrnambool Cheese in trading halt
18 Feb 10 | Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Co has this morning sought a trading halt on its shares pending an announcement by the company which is expected following a meeting today of the WCB board.   | Murray Goulburn ups the ante ... | Dairy's cautious optimism
17 Feb 10 | Warrnambool chairman Frank Davis and managing director John Mclean yesterday forecast a full-year net profit for 2010 after it increased net profit from $1.4 million (after one-off costs) to $8.9 million in the six months ended December 31, despite a 14.7 per cent decline in sales to $203.8 million.  | Leitchville plant another ... | Talent dairy bull now a ...
Murray Goulburn ups the ante for Warrnambool
17 Feb 10 | Dairy processor Murray Goulburn Co-op has sweetened its offer for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, which has forecast a return to profitability this year.   | Talent dairy bull now a ... | Dairymen being milked to death
Dairy's cautious optimism
15 Feb 10 | Australian dairy farmers should be cautiously optimistic over the coming months as milk prices improve and for most irrigators, water allocations look the best they have for four years.   | CommentsComments (1) | Dairymen being milked to death | Farmers first for Murray ...
Leitchville plant another drought casualty
11 Feb 10 | The decision by Murray Goulburn Co-operative to close its Leitchville milk processing plant was as inevitable as it was devastating for the town that has lost its major employer.
Robot milkers boost herd potential
09 Feb 10 | INSTALLING robotic milking technology has enabled a West Gippsland farming family to acquire extra country and produce more milk, thereby maximising their operational efficiencies.  | Dairy farmers slam supermarket ...Visit Farm Weekly | WCB battle takes a curious twist | GALLERY: More photos from the property ...
08 Feb 10 | Murray Goulburn Co-Operative's Stephen O'Rourke may admit he knew nothing about farming when he entered the game, but after 22 years at Australia's largest dairy processor, the accountant by trade has developed a soft spot for dairy farmers.   | CommentsComments (1)
05 Feb 10 | Australia's largest milk processor, Murray Goulburn Co-op, is reviewing its $156 million takeover proposal for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter and plans to present an improved offer to the board in the next few weeks.   | MG closure: Leitchville loses ... | WCB rejects MG’s "conditional ...
Leitchville ponders life after cheese factory closure
05 Feb 10 | THE signs on the edge of town seem pretty apt. ''Don't waste Leitchville'', announces one with an anti-littering message, and ''Dairying is our craft'', says an older, larger sign - a simple statement of the town's main function.  | CommentsComments (1) | MG to close Leitchville cheese ... | WCB rejects MG’s "conditional ...
Dairy farmers slam supermarket power
05 Feb 10 | AS dairy farmers around the nation struggle to cope with the slashing of milk prices, industry bodies are desperately searching for solutions to deal with the problems caused during the global financial crisis.
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