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08 Feb 12 | THE Great South West Dairy Awards have become an annual fixture in the South West Dairy calendar and in 2012 the Awards will be held at the Glenormiston College banquet hall on April 26th.
Staying afloat
07 Feb 12 | DROUGHT, floods, low milk prices, decreasing water rights - uncertainty is a way of life for northern Victoria's dairy farmers.
Seeking an Aussie angle
06 Feb 12 | SOUTH Korean dairy farmer Park Jae Jun is on a fact-finding mission across Australia.
Dairy Poll gets mixed reaction
03 Feb 12 | VICTORIAN dairy farmers will now be considering what box they will be ticking in the 2012 Dairy Poll, a decision that will impact the Dairy Australia’s future funding.
Dairy farmers expanding horizons
31 Jan 12 | WHEN Max and Barbe Jelbart bought their dairy farm in 1981, things were on a much smaller scale. The young couple did all of the milking themselves at first, running a herd of 120 cows over 120 hectares in Leongatha South.
Holstein heifer to $28,000
29 Jan 12 | TASMANIAN dairy farmer Jayde Lee had her eyes set firmly on the top-priced Holstein heifer at last Wednesday's Semex Spectacular Sale at Tatura, even before she left the Island State.
Jersey breed on a roll
28 Jan 12 | WHEN the final deliberations from the judges were collated at International Dairy Week on Thursday, a gasp of excitement was heard from the gathering of Jersey enthusiasts in the crowd.
Dairy's best on show
19 Jan 12 | VISITORS began pouring into the Northern Victorian township of Tatura earlier this week for the 21st International Dairy Week.
18 Jan 12 | THE Department of Primary Industries (DPI) dairy services are running a series of free seminars to assist dairy farmers find the ideal proportion of the farm for sowing perennial ryegrass this autumn.
18 Jan 12 | THE Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot has been acclaimed as ‘Agricultural machine of the year 2012’ in Poland.
Nominations sought for dairy honour board
18 Jan 12 | THE Great South West Dairy Industry Honour Board will be unveiled at Glenormiston on April 26 to recognise some of the major contributors to the local dairy industry.
17 Jan 12 | BRISBANE-based food technology start-up, Progel Pty Ltd, is set to milk a share of the crowded dairy and juice markets with the world’s first non-fermented, multi-strain probiotic drink products.
Youth learn key dairy skills
16 Jan 12 | CLIPPING, judging and handling were all invaluable skills learnt during the National All Dairy Breeds Youth Camp at the Melbourne Showgrounds last week.
Kyabram stud sees show value
15 Jan 12 | ON their Kyabram dairy farm, Neil Goodfellow and his 18-year-old daughter Chloe are busy making sure their team of Holsteins and Jerseys are in the best possible condition for International Dairy Week.
Bit by Britt, farm family makes its mark the milky way
29 Dec 11 | A BALLARAT farming family has fired a small but decisive shot in the national supermarket price war by launching its own brand of milk.
Keys to better dairy fertility
27 Dec 11 | Daughters of bulls with higher Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) for daughter fertility achieve 13 per cent higher 6-week in calf rates compared to their lower ranked counterparts.
Read the label on teat disinfectants
25 Dec 11 | Recent changes in pricing of teat disinfectants have seen some dairy farmers considering moving away from the traditional iodine-based products.
Gledhill success with a2 genetics
23 Dec 11 | ON Brett and Judy Gledhill's dairy farm at Nanneella, an air of change is lingering above their irrigated pastures. Last year the couple made a conscious decision to switch to a2 genetics.
Carbon tax to hit dairy farmers the hardest
22 Dec 11 | DAIRY farmers will be slugged hard by the carbon tax in the short term, with many expected to pay more than $4000 a year in lost revenue and higher electricity costs for the next few years, a government report has found.
New swingover system a turning point
20 Dec 11 | FOR Kongorong dairyfarmer Michael Leese, a long-time plan has come to fruition.
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