Victorian dairy farmers unite in fight for better milk price
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.
Farmers failing to report suspect livestock trades: MPI
Farmers are failing to report livestock trades where the Mycoplasma bovis is suspected, the Ministry for Primary Industries says.
Insight: The blight of Mycoplasma bovis
The government has entered the fight against Mycoplasma bovis all guns blazing with a promise to spend almost one billion dollars trying to eradicate the cattle disease. Whether it will succeed remains uncertain.
Opening milk price: Colac’s Bulla Dairy Foods announces increase
COLAC cream and ice-cream manufacturer Bulla Dairy Foods has increased its opening price, throwing down a challenge to competitors.
Business uncertainty shared by agriculture community: ANZ
Dairy farmers are relieved to be back in the black after a long, tough time but uncertainty in the wider business sector is also felt in the agriculture community, says the country’s biggest rural lender ANZ Bank.