Dairy sales southwest Victoria: Buyers chase in-milk PTIC lots
LOCAL buyers chased autumn calving cows and heifers with confirmed pregnancies at Camperdown on Thursday, but there was limited interest in spring calvers.
In the dairy industry fortune favours the bold, as Peter Skene discovers
The dairy industry has always been a difficult game unless you know how to milk an opportunity. Australian Dairy Farms Group’s CEO Peter Skene has put in place a bold strategy.
Australian Dairy Farms Group opens 2018-19 season with $6/kg milk price
AUSTRALIAN Dairy Farms Group has opened the 2018-19 season with a price of $6 a kg of milk solids.
Longtable snaps up St David’s Dairy
LONGTABLE Group, the high-end food company run by ex-Ballamy’s Australia boss Laura McBain, has snapped up a second dairy asset, purchasing Melbourne’s St David’s Dairy for $15.25 million.
Camperdown Dairy cuts big new deal
The new venture would increase the volume of milk sourced from western Victoria …Niche dairy processor Camperdown Dairy Company (CDC) has signed a significant new processing agreement with an international food company.
Organic boosts revival in dairy farm values
One of the country’s biggest dairy property owners sees a revival in farm valuations, as it goes organic in an aggressive push to tap local and Asian demand for clean-and-green infant formula.
Dairy industry suffers another hit after Cobden and Terang fires
As burnt-out farmers grapple with the loss of their livelihoods, friends and family are pitching in to help.
Fires southwest Victoria: Dairy cows succumb as blazes rage
MILKING herds have been lost in the Terang and Cobden areas, as fires continue to rage in southwest Victoria.
Camperdown Dairy losses limited from Aussie Farmers Direct’s collapse
The Camperdown Dairy company will only be moderately affected by the collapse this week of fresh food delivery company Aussie Farmers Direct (AFD), the company’s chief executive says.
Banking on the lotto as dairy industry goes nuts
A RETIRED dairy farmer receives a letter from an old friend back on the farm. SIMONE SMITH shares it with us.
By: SIMONE SMITH
Source: The Weekly Times
Link: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/opinion/banking-on-the-lotto-as-dairy-industry-goes-nuts/news-story/2d25a2b0eac681fca7102a28a3885056