Tag: Dairy

Family-run dairy farms are fuming after regulations they were told would protect them from unscrupulous milk processors appear set to do the opposite. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmers say regulations meant to protect them appear set to do the opposite

Challenged by animal activists over the slaughter of newborn male calves, some dairy farmers are marketing older calves as veal to the ethical consumer. Source: ABC Livestock Meet the farmer giving unwanted dairy calves a longer life, increasing their value as veal

A Queensland great grandmother recalls the challenges of life on the land as she celebrates a century in the rural town of Biggenden. Source: ABC Livestock Across 100 years in the one town, Ivy has seen drought, flood, and a declining dairy industry

Two former senior Murray Goulburn executives are expected to appear before the Federal Court early next year, after a judge dismissed their motion to have the proceedings thrown out today. Source: ABC Livestock Former MG executives’ bid to shrug off legal action dismissed by Federal Court

Another Queensland dairy farmer forced to send his herd to the meatworks says it may not have come to that if major supermarkets had passed on milk price increases. Source: ABC Livestock ‘Dirty, rotten, mongrel bastards’: Farmer says he may not have closed if supermarkets passed on milk price increase

Coastal dairy farms are culling their herds because they can not afford to feed them while they and their communities feel the flow-on effect of drought. Source: ABC Livestock ‘Buy local and pray for rain’ says struggling coast dairy farmer

A dairy company that accused foreign workers of owing rent after allegations of underpayment arose has agreed to an out-of-court settlement. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy company reaches settlement over foreign worker underpayment allegations

Fonterra has announced a loss of more than half a billion dollars and called on its Australian business to “stand on its own two feet” as the dairy company shifts its focus to its New Zealand operations. Source: ABC Livestock Fonterra rings up 2m loss, announces focus will shift across the ditch

Australians love and will pay top prices for proper coffee, stinky cheese, and top-of-the-range wines and olive oils. Now butter has joined that list. Source: ABC Livestock Chefs say Australian butter tastes like ‘salt and water’, so these producers are fighting back

Diana Gibson has been her husband’s “eyes” for many years, but now her own health is failing with Parkinson’s disease. But despite everything, Harry still tends the cows. Source: ABC Livestock Blind dairy farmer Harry Gibson and wife Diana have made it work despite the odds

Family-run dairy manufacturer Brancourts has gone into administration and there will be an immediate impact on jobs at its two factories in Victoria and NSW. Source: ABC Livestock 124-year-old dairy processor Brancourts goes into voluntary administration

One family has been dairying for 100 years and another is getting back in the game. What is it that keeps them so keen in a struggling industry? Source: ABC Livestock Meet the families keeping the Australian dairy industry dream alive

There’s been no end to bad news for the dairy industry, but one Queensland farmer is defying the trend by boosting tourism and drawing in droves of fans. Source: ABC Livestock Buying a cheese factory becomes dairy farmer’s success story

Dairy farmers say they are devastated a 10-cents-a-litre increase in the retail price of milk in July has not been passed on to them. Source: ABC Livestock You’re paying more for milk but is any of it going to farmers?

EU officials want to prevent Australian farmers from calling their cheese feta unless it comes from Greece. But efforts to restrict prosecco to only come from Italy face strong opposition. Source: ABC Livestock Europe’s campaign to stop Australia using the word feta advances

A Queensland dairy farmer says the only way the industry will survive is if people pay $1.50 a litre, with production costs skyrocketing in the drought. Source: ABC Livestock ‘It’s crunch time’: Qld dairy farmer makes final plea for milk price increase

A group of farm workers claiming they were underpaid are hit with a rent bill in the lead-up to a Federal Court hearing. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy workers claiming underpayment hit with surprise rent bill ahead of Federal Court hearing

Documents containing allegations of animal cruelty were incorrectly released by Tasmania’s Primary Industries Department as part of a right to information request related to Australia’s largest dairy. Source: ABC Livestock RTI documents contained allegations against wrong dairy

For the first time, dairy farmers in the Bega Valley could have the opportunity to supply the fresh milk market as Lactalis and Saputo look to secure new suppliers. Source: ABC Livestock Milk processors compete for farmers in dairy heartland

The dairy industry has welcomed a surprise move by supermarket chain Aldi to raise the retail price of their home brand milk, but it remains unclear if farmers will benefit. Source: ABC Livestock Aldi quietly raises price of milk by 10c a litre, dairy farmers unsure how it will affect them

The dairy industry has welcomed a surprise move, first by Aldi, then Woolworths and Coles, to raise the retail price of their home brand milk. Source: ABC Livestock Coles joins Aldi, Woolworths raising price of milk, but benefit to dairy farmers unclear

Australian dairy production is dropping, but a town in Victoria’s Western District is taking advantage of changing consumer tastes to turn its fortunes around. Source: ABC Livestock ‘People are willing to pay:’ How high-end cheese is reshaping a country town

Australia’s largest dairy loses its senior management and a number of other staff pen a letter raising animal welfare concerns, just a year after the entire board resigns. Source: ABC Livestock Australia’s largest dairy VDL in turmoil again as staff raise animal welfare concerns

Australia’s status as a dairy powerhouse is long gone as milk production falls, factories close and farmers walk off the land. And if nothing changes, there won’t be a dairy industry left in a few years, one farmer says. Source: ABC Livestock ‘You won’t be drinking Australian milk’: Farmers’ warning amid mass exodus

Legal group Slater and Gordon reaches an agreement with the former milk processing co-operative on behalf of 1,300 investors. Source: ABC Livestock Murray Goulburn settles class action for m

Costs are eroding Australian dairy farmers profit and hitting confidence, with the number of farmers positive about the industry the lowest in 15 years. Poor seasonal conditions are mostly to blame, with high feed and irrigation water costs. Source: ABC Livestock Costs and weather hit dairy farmer confidence and profits

Eight popular milk brands sold in supermarkets across Victoria and southern New South Wales are being recalled over fears a cleaning solution made its way into the batch. Source: ABC Livestock Milk recalled over cleaning product contamination fears

The supermarket giant announces it will bypass processors and contract milk directly from dairy farmers in New South Wales and Victoria from July 1. Source: ABC Livestock Coles to deal directly with farmers, cutting out milk processors

Helen White’s cattle are bellowing at her because they’re hungry — while her Tasmanian farm has just had rain, it won’t be enough in the face of forecast dry conditions ahead. Source: ABC Livestock ‘It’s demoralising’: Farmers fork out tens of thousands to feed cattle

A former long-time Fonterra supplier says the milk processor only has itself to blame for the closure of one its factories this week. Source: ABC Livestock Farmers and workers point to clawbacks as key cause of century-old milk factory closure

New Zealand dairy company Fonterra has announced it is closing its factory at Dennington in south-west Victoria. Source: ABC Livestock Fonterra staff ‘devastated’ after company announces Victorian factory closure

Industry experts say consumers are often misguided about what is healthier between alternative and dairy milks, and some say branding is the issue. Source: ABC Livestock Does dairy need to rebrand as so-called ‘healthier’ alternatives rise?

When Tim Marwood left his parent’s dairy business it triggered a feud between his dad that lasted years. It was not until the family farmhouse caught fire that the men had cause to reunite and make amends. Source: ABC Livestock It took a farmhouse burning down for this father and son to speak again

A Facebook post by a dairy farmer at his wits’ end has inspired a young couple with a special skill set to give up their time and come to help out the whole community. Source: ABC Livestock Admission of defeat on Facebook inspires couple to help cash-strapped farmers

The dairy industry’s point man on the Murray-Darling Basin packs up and moves east, deciding his business would have no future if he continued in the basin. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmer moves from Murray-Darling Basin amid water woes and climate change concerns

A food technology company has patented a process it claims can keep 100 per cent natural milk fresh for at least 60 days without additives or preservatives. Source: ABC Livestock Fresh milk for 60 days? Food tech firm claims biggest breakthrough since pasteurisation

Australia is home to some of the best dairy operations in the world, but an analyst has warned that without a drastic increase in production the country could soon become an “import nation”. Source: ABC Livestock Is Australia’s once bountiful supply of dairy products about to turn sour?

Customers have complained about a shortage of a popular iced coffee brand in South Australia, with its maker blaming the shortfall on the drought and increased demand for milk. Source: ABC Livestock Iced coffee supplies running low as drought hits South Australian icon

David and Kathleen Johnston and their daughter Kacee can no longer survive farming through the drought without water, and they believe the NSW Government is to blame. Source: ABC Livestock There used to be 40 dairy farms around Deniliquin — the last one just went out of business

As the supermarkets lift the price of their milk after years of discounting, there are some who believe that it is still way too cheap. Source: ABC Livestock Economics professor says milk should be .56 a litre

As the supermarkets lift the price of their milk after years of discounting, dairy farmers believe that it is still way too cheap. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmers push for .50-a-litre milk

Coles and Aldi fold to pressure to raise the price of their home brand milk by 10 cents a litre, but both retailers say the increase is an interim measure ahead of industry reforms. Source: ABC Livestock Supermarket giants pledge to raise milk prices by 10 cents a litre — in the short term

Dairy farmers welcome election commitments from both sides of politics ahead of the NSW election, but fear it will not be enough to address an industry in crisis. Source: ABC Livestock Milk producers welcome election pledges but warn of ongoing ‘deregulation disaster’

Foreign workers at a Victorian factory are being underpaid, exploited and are too scared to report mistreatment lest they “find themselves on a plane”, a trade union says. Source: ABC Livestock Major dairy producer accused of ‘severely underpaying’ skilled migrant workers

Dairy co-operative Norco, a major supplier to Coles, is lifting the price paid directly to its farmers by 6.5 cents a litre for the next three months, with the price to be revised in June. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy co-op Norco lifts milk price to farmers but Coles refuses to budge on milk

Dollar-a-litre milk may seem cheap, but there is another product on the supermarket shelf that returns even less money to a greater number of Australian dairy farmers. Source: ABC Livestock Why cheap cheese is worse for dairy farmers than milk

A new $20-million dairy and processing facility has built a cafe and viewing room to entice members of the public to see the dairy industry’s practices for themselves. Source: ABC Livestock New -million dairy set to take transparency to another level

More of us are considering switching to dairy alternatives like soy or almond milk, for health or ethical reasons. But environmentally, the alternatives aren’t perfect either. Before you go for an almond-milk latte, here’s what to weigh up. Source: ABC Livestock Soy, almond, cow’s, none? What milk should we be drinking for the planet?

When the chief of Australia’s largest dairy processor this week said $1 milk “doesn’t make any f**king sense”, years of lobbying by farmers were thrust back into view. Source: ABC Livestock Milk wars: What’s at the heart of the dairy industry’s battles?

Dairy farmer and Norco-Coles supplier Paul Weir refuses to continue supplying the supermarket giant that has not followed Woolworths’ decision to dump $1 milk. Source: ABC Livestock ‘I’d prefer to give my milk away’: Dairy farmer takes stance against Coles over milk

Two decades after Australian dairy industry was deregulated, Labor says it will have the consumer watchdog investigate the best way to establish a minimum farm gate milk price. Source: ABC Livestock Minister calls Labor plan to re-regulate the dairy industry, set milk floor price ‘hair-brained’

High costs, low prices and bank pressure has forced a Queensland dairy farmer to walk off his farm on the same day Woolworths announced an end to the sale of $1 milk. Source: ABC Livestock End of Woolies milk coincides, to the day, with closure of town’s last dairy farm

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud’s calls for a boycott of Coles and Aldi until they stop selling milk for $1 per litre are brought into question by the discovery he owns shares in Woolworths. Source: ABC Livestock Minister who called for Coles boycott over milk owns Woolworths shares

Woolworths announces it will raise the price of its $1 per litre milk to $1.10, promising the additional cash will go directly to dairy farmers who have long claimed the bargain product is damaging their industry. Source: ABC Livestock Woolworths to stop selling milk

Third-generation dairy farmer Casey Treloar records a heartfelt farewell to the industry she loves, attracting hundreds of thousands of views on social media. Source: ABC Livestock Young dairy farmer bids tearful farewell to industry

After years of uncertainty about whether a motorway would close a historic NSW dairy farm, a cow underpass will now be built to secure the property’s future. Source: ABC Livestock Cow underpass secures dairy farm’s future

Supermarket deals, milk swapping and milk ombudsmen ruled out in mandatory dairy code of conduct Source: ABC Livestock Draft mandatory dairy code of conduct welcomed by farmers

The former managing director of Murray Goulburn could face hefty financial penalties after reaching an agreement with the competition watchdog over the milk crisis of 2016. Source: ABC Livestock ACCC pushes to fine former boss of failed dairy giant

Dairy company Saputo announces it will bring back its popular Devondale long-life cream, citing a massive consumer campaign as the reason. Source: ABC Livestock Devondale long-life cream coming back to shelves after consumer campaign

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud launches a scathing attack on Coles over its handling of the 10c milk levy for drought relief, calling it a “media stunt”, and accusing German-owned rival Aldi of doing “bugger all” for Australian farmers. Source: ABC Livestock Minister blasts ‘slippery’ Coles, tells Aldi to ‘go jam it’ over milk levy

Drought conditions are beginning to affect farmers in northern Victoria, who say they are selling cows for meat due to the pressure of rising feed and water costs. Source: ABC Livestock ‘Take no passenger’ year for Murray River dairy farmers facing cull pain

By coincidence, former farming neighbours from the Mallee region of Victoria find themselves neighbours again on the green pastures of northern Tasmania. Source: ABC Livestock Three young dairy families make the leap to lush Tasmania from dry Victoria

A drought levy on milk to help drought-affected farmers is a “con job” because it could draw customers away from branded milk, which provides a higher return to farmers, the Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation says. Source: ABC Livestock Drought levy on milk ‘a little bit of a trick’, dairy farmers say

A Queensland dairy farmer who helped start a successful cooperative business to escape the low farm gate prices offered by major milk processors found his bank tightening its lending, forcing him to sell his farm. Source: ABC Livestock Bank tightens dairy farmer’s lending after leap from processor to independent, forcing closure

Even as the big dry brings home the uncertainty and isolation of life on the land, the dairy industry is encouraging women to “get out there and do it”. Source: ABC Livestock Push for more women in dairy despite drought crisis

Sally Downie’s teachers knew she had a bright future, but the school dux’s move to take on her family’s dairy farm was unexpected by some. Source: ABC Livestock School dux surprises teachers by taking on her family’s dairy farm

A Victorian dairy farmer whose family has been farming for 164 years walks away from his Gippsland farm because of ongoing stress from the dairy crisis, which led to his late diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome. Source: ABC Livestock Sixth-generation farmer leaves industry after ongoing stress from dairy crisis

Following an impassioned plea by a Kyogle farmer and calls by the dairy industry, Woolworths and Coles lift the price of home brand milk which will go directly to drought-affected dairy farmers. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmer gets Woolies and Coles to help with milk levy

The dairy industry may finally get a mandatory code of conduct, but the question is what difference it will make for farmers. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmers hope mandatory code will improve milk price

After almost 100 years of dairying, the combination of low farm-gate milk prices and the drought has forced a Darling Downs farmer to pull the pin. Source: ABC Livestock Milk price and drought force an end to 100 years of dairying

A supermarket on the NSW south coast has increased the price of milk by 10 cents a litre and will donate the extra profit back to the farm gates of dairy farmers in the area. Source: ABC Livestock Supermarket charges more for milk to support local farmers

As dairy farmers continue to feel the pinch, Australia’s largest dairy co-operative has increased its farm gate price. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy co-operative Norco lifts farm gate price by 5 cents a litre

A north Queensland couple has been left baffled by a bizarre finding on their property, which seems like something straight from a horror film. Source: ABC Livestock Dead cows found in paddock with udders, ears and tongues removed

You might soon be paying 10 cents more for a litre of milk after federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud throws his weight behind the idea of a levy to help drought-stricken farmers. Source: ABC Livestock Consumer levy on milk gets nod from Agriculture Minister

A dairy industry lobby group is asking consumers to pay an extra 10 cents a litre for milk that would flow back to drought-stricken farmers. Source: ABC Livestock Would you pay a 10-cents-a-litre drought levy on milk?

Is cheap milk sold in the supermarkets increasing the pain for NSW dairy farmers struggling through the worst drought in a century? Source: ABC Livestock Dollar-a-litre milk continues to hurt drought-hit dairy farmers

Under a $80 million overseas-funded plan, Laguna Bay Pastoral Company is buying eight dairy farms in the Smithton area in north west Tasmania. Source: ABC Livestock Tasmanian dairy farms to retain local input under corporate purchase

Low milk prices and high input costs are pushing dairy farmers to the brink with some saying despite farming for generations they cannot remain in the industry. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmers plan to walk away from industry

Bega Cheese expands its dairy footprint in western Victoria by acquiring Saputo’s Koroit processing facility in western Victoria for $250 million. Source: ABC Livestock Bega Cheese buys milk-drying plant in move set to boost competition

Australia’s largest dairy processor, Saputo, comes out in support of a mandatory code of conduct for the industry and calls for milk price step-downs to be illegal. Source: ABC Livestock Saputo backs mandatory code of conduct for dairy industry

Organic milk now has its place among the wide variety of milk available on the supermarket shelf, but what is it like to go organic for a dairy farmer? Source: ABC Livestock Milking consumer demand for organic milk has its curds and whey

A leading dairy figure warns the Australian industry to address underlying issues affecting farm profitability rather than fixating on milk prices. Source: ABC Livestock Australian dairy on ‘wrong path’ and milk price isn’t to blame, expert says

Drought, feed costs and fatigue compound, forcing dairy farmers to weigh up their future as milk prices remain low. Source: ABC Livestock Lacklustre milk price forces dairy farmers out

When does a cheese maker become a dairy farmer? When they want to push the boundaries of cheese making in Australia and make raw milk cheese. Source: ABC Livestock How a traditional method of cheese making brought in thousands

Farmer Patrick Ferguson survived the dairy crisis and is battling drought and is now fighting for compensation with a local water authority. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmer remains locked in compensation stink two years after sewage leak

A cheesemaker from country Victoria has stumbled into a foodie’s dream — what some might consider the world’s best job. Source: ABC Livestock Meet the cheesemaker who gets paid to make and taste 60 pizzas a day

Dairy farmer confidence in their industry is falling according to the latest outlook from Dairy Australia. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmers walking away farms as confidence continues to fall

A group of Victorian dairy farmers is trying to reclaim bargaining power in a fight for a better milk price by offering processors a collective pool of milk. Source: ABC Livestock Dairy farmers unite for better milk price and pool their milk

In 2016, the slashing of milk prices put Tasmania’s dairy farmers into crisis, but after revising their businesses, many see a bright future ahead. Source: ABC Livestock Tasmanian dairy farmers’ positive mindset two years after price crisis

Small businesses hit by the collapse of a mega dairy have been left with unpaid bills with some owed thousands of dollars. Source: ABC Livestock Businesses owed thousands after Coomboona dairy collapse